Hawaii Native and Polynesian-Introduced Plants

• August 23, 2021

  Vulnerability of Coastal Dune Plants to Sea Level Rise

  by Dr. Kasey Barton, School of Life Sciences, UH-Mānoa Beaches are an integral part of life in Hawai‘i. Providing recreation, tranquility, a site for celebration and mourning, and even sustenance,…

• July 20, 2021

  Seeds Sprout After 120 Years!

  by Cathy Davenport, Seed Storage Technician, MNBG Dr. William James Beal began a study in 1879 to test seed dormancy. 142 years later the study is still going on, much…

• June 1, 2020

  Seed Storage and Heritage Crop Distribution

  MNBG staff highlighting some plants that benefit from our seed storage and Hawaiian heritage crop distribution efforts.

• April 30, 2020

  A Virtual Introduction to Some of the Hawaiian Plants in the MNBG Collection

  MNBG Executive Director, Tamara Sherrill, virtually introduced some Hawaiian plants and trees to our friends at the City of Miami’s Sustainachella Tree and Plant Rehab Workshop

• September 1, 2019

  Floral emblems of the islands: Maui’s non-native rose

  By: Tamara Sherrill If you’ve heard about the lei flower or plant representing each Hawaiian island, you may have noticed that most are native. Maui’s flower, the Lokelani Rose, is…

• May 11, 2019

  Nā ana o Hawai‘i: Hawaiian Body Measurements

  by Kara Ueki Have you worked in your yard and found yourself needing a measuring tape? Ancient Hawaiians found ways to approximate measurements by using the body! What’s great is…

• March 15, 2018

  ‘Ōhi‘a Seed Banking Initiative

  By Kaili Kosaka The seed bank at MNBG has gotten a lot busier these days. Rapid ‘Ōhi‘a Death (ROD) is of growing concern on Hawai‘i Island and the threat of…

• September 1, 2016

  Loulu – Hawai’i’s Native Palm

  By: Robert W. Hobdy, MNBG Board member From the Fall 2016 MNBG Newsletter Loulu is the Hawaiian name referring to all of the palm species of the genus Pritchardia found…

• September 25, 2015

  Seed banking to support a diversity of coastal plants

  by Tamara Sherrill How many native plants grow on your favorite Maui beach? If you are like me, your favorite South shore beach has two: naupaka kahakai and pōhuehue, and…

• April 25, 2013

  Old Seeds Yield New Species – ‘ena ‘ena

  by Tamara Sherrill We recently cleaned out our seed storage refrigerator and found some seeds that had been collected and stored up to ten years ago. These seeds were at…