indigenousPoaceae
Sporobolus virginicus
seashore dropseed
Indigenous (native)native
Native to Hawaiʻi and arrived without human help.
Sporobolus virginicus, known by numerous common names including seashore dropseed, marine couch, sand couch, salt couch grass, saltwater couch, coastal rat-tail grass, and nioaka, is a species of grass with a wide distribution.
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Seasonality
Only 2 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 9 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 71 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 177 · GBIF 243 records
Lāʻiewai · OʻahuiNat 17 · GBIF 16 ✓
Waikapū · MauiiNat 8 · GBIF 25 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 14 · GBIF 17 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 10 · GBIF 15 ✓
ʻOʻoma 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 9 · GBIF 11 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 10 · GBIF 9 ✓
Kaʻena · OʻahuiNat 8 · GBIF 10 ✓
Mohopilo · MauiiNat 8 · GBIF 8 ✓
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 11 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 7 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 7 ✓
Kamāʻoa, Puʻuʻeo, Ke · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 6 ✓
Honokahua · MauiiNat 5 · GBIF 4 ✓
ʻŌiʻo 2 · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 4 ✓
Honokōhau · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 4 ✓
Honokōwai · MauiiNat 5 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kaluako‘i · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 7 ✓
Mahana · LānaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Lanihau 1-2, Moeauo · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Ulupehupehu · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Keawaʻula · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Hanapēpē · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kahuku · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
ʻAnaehoʻomalu · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Keana · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuGBIF 4
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Pāʻā · KauaʻiiNat 3
Kealakehe · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kohanaiki · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Puʻuanahulu · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pūlehunui · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honuʻapo · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paomai · LānaʻiGBIF 3
Kahanui · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kūkiʻo, Maniniʻōwali · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻOʻoma 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hāmākuapoko · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Weliweli · KauaʻiiNat 2
Waiheʻe · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Papaʻanui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keaʻau · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kēōkea · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahikinui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻŌiʻo 1 · OʻahuiNat 2
Waiohuli · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Punalau · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
North Olohena · KauaʻiiNat 1
Honokōhau 1-3 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Mokulēʻia 1 · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kaʻonoʻulu · MauiGBIF 1
Pōhakupili · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Maunalei · LānaʻiGBIF 1
Kuliʻouʻou · OʻahuGBIF 1
Māhāʻulepū · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Wahikuli · MauiGBIF 1
Waiawa · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kaloʻi · MauiGBIF 1
Keālia · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kōloa · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kaloko · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waiʻanae · OʻahuGBIF 1
Waimea · NiʻihauGBIF 1
Kapālama · OʻahuGBIF 1