1 / 19

By Alaa Itani

Indigenous Species of Hawaii. By Alaa Itani. Defining Indigenous. Native ( nene ) Indigenous (Hawaiian green sea turtle) Endemic (monk seal). Hawaii’s History. 2500 miles away from land 90% of fauna endemic to Hawaii 2600 endemic species of plants (30% endangered)

gent
Download Presentation

By Alaa Itani

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Indigenous Species of Hawaii By AlaaItani

  2. Defining Indigenous • Native (nene) • Indigenous (Hawaiian green sea turtle) • Endemic (monk seal)

  3. Hawaii’s History • 2500 miles away from land • 90% of fauna endemic to Hawaii • 2600 endemic species of plants (30% endangered) • No reptiles, amphibians, mosquitoes, lice, fleas, cockroaches

  4. Hawaii’s Flora • Climate, rich soil (flowers even grow on rocks!) • Wind, tides, birds • One plant every 90,000 years • Hilo “Orchid Capital”

  5. Koa Tree • Oldest known and one of the tallest trees in Hawaii • Wood salt tolerant; was used to make surfboards, boats, canoes • Bark and leaves used for medicine • Now state-protected

  6. HalaTree • Found throughout the Pacific • Grows fruit • Used to make hats, mats, roofing, paint brushes, food, leis, water pipes

  7. Hibiscus • 250 varieties • Common Hibiscus is Hawaii’s state flower • Each island has official flower

  8. Hibiscus • Left Ear – in a relationship • Right Ear – single status

  9. Legends of Hawaiian Flowers • Ohia – Endemic – Pele • Naupaka – Pele again

  10. Hawaii’s Fauna • 200 native fish • 10,000 native insects • 1,000 types of land snails • 2 native land mammals • 2 species of snakes • 5 species of amphibians and reptiles

  11. What is this fish?

  12. Humuhumunukunukuapua’a • Also called triggerfish • Unofficial state fish • Fish with a snout like a pig

  13. Monk Seal • Hawaiin name means the dog who runs the sea • Land and water mammal • Nearly hunted to extinction 19th century

  14. Hawaiian Goose • On the islands for 500,000 years • Related to Giant Canada Goose • Hawaii’s state bird • Fighting extinction; now have stable populations (800) • Mongoose

  15. Works Cited • http://www.instanthawaii.com/cgi-bin/hawaii?Animals • http://www.to-hawaii.com/fauna.php • http://www.to-hawaii.com/flora.php • http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Hawaii/flower_hibiscusyellow.html • http://www.kilaueapoint.org/education/naturefocus/hnf4/index.html • http://www.aloha-hawaii.com/hawaii/nene/ • http://www.instanthawaii.com/cgi-bin/hawaii?Plants.hala • http://www.postcardshare.com/Default/BrowseByTags-Hawaii-TagName-Location.aspx • http://www.ehow.com/facts_5594274_do-hawaiian-flowers-mean_.html • http://www.instanthawaii.com/cgi-bin/hawaii?Plants.naupaka • http://www.earthtrust.org/wlcurric/seals.html • http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/h/humuhumunukunukuapua_a.asp • http://www.kamalii.k12.hi.us/CyberFair%2099/humuuhmu.htm • http://www.colingalbraith.co.uk/blog/2010/02/20/humuhumunukunukuapuaa/

More Related