Colubrina

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

Shrub on coarse gravelly volcanic soil of large, wide, braided sheet-wash arroyo draining coastal plain between rhyolite hills, with Diphysa occidentalis, Caesalpinia palmeri, Acacia willardiana, Citharexylum flabellifolium, Melochia speciosa

Rare, endangered species endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Found only on Oahu and leeward Hawaii. Elevation of this photo around 1835 ft./559 m. This was a young plant, 1.5 m high.

Detalle del tronco y corteza de Colubrina spinosa. Fotografía: Leonardo Donzo.

Ramita de Colubrina spinosa. Fotografía: Leonardo Donzo.

Shrub on coarse gravelly volcanic soil of large, wide, braided sheet-wash arroyo draining coastal plain between rhyolite hills, with Diphysa occidentalis, Caesalpinia palmeri, Acacia willardiana, Citharexylum flabellifolium, Melochia speciosa

Shrub on coarse gravelly volcanic soil of large, wide, braided sheet-wash arroyo draining coastal plain between rhyolite hills, with Diphysa occidentalis, Caesalpinia palmeri, Acacia willardiana, Citharexylum flabellifolium, Melochia speciosa

Shrub on coarse gravelly volcanic soil of large, wide, braided sheet-wash arroyo draining coastal plain between rhyolite hills, with Diphysa occidentalis, Caesalpinia palmeri, Acacia willardiana, Citharexylum flabellifolium, Melochia speciosa

Shrub on coarse gravelly volcanic soil of large, wide, braided sheet-wash arroyo draining coastal plain between rhyolite hills, with Diphysa occidentalis, Caesalpinia palmeri, Acacia willardiana, Citharexylum flabellifolium, Melochia speciosa

Rare, endangered species endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Found only on Oahu and leeward Hawaii. Elevation of this photo around 1835 ft./559 m. This was a young plant, 1.5 m high.