Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
Report on invasive plant species in Palau (2002 survey)
Appendix 4. Invasive species of environmental concern by location
Table 7. Invasive species of environmental concern present in Sonsorol State
|
Scientific name |
Common Names (abridged) |
Family |
Habit |
Locations |
|
|
Bambusa
spp. †(B. vulgaris) |
bamboo, bambuu (Palau), esel (Palau) | Poaceae | tree | Sonsorol | |
| Bryophyllum pinnatum | life plant, air plant, resurrection plant, Canterbury bells, cathedral bells, Mexican love plant | Crassulaceae | succulent | Sonsorol | |
| *Canna indica | canna, canna lily, Indian shot | Cannaceae | herb | Sonsorol | |
| Chrysopogon aciculatus | Mackie's pest, lovegrass, seed grass, golden beardgrass, iul (Palau) | Poaceae | grass | Sonsorol | |
| Digitaria sp. | Henry's crabgrass, smooth crabgrass, tropical crab grass, large crab grass, southern crabgrass, fingergrass, summer grass | Poaceae | grass | Pulo Ana | |
| Eleusine indica | goosegrass, wiregrass, goose foot, crow's foot, bullgrass, deskim(Palau), kelelamalk (Palau), keteketarmalk (Palau) | Poaceae | grass | Merir, Pulo Ana, Sonsorol | |
| Kyllinga nemoralis | white kyllinga, whitehead spikesedge, whitewater sedge | Cyperaceae | sedge | Sonsorol | |
| Leucaena leucocephala | leucaena, wild tamarind, lead tree, telengtungd (Palau) | Fabaceae | tree | Sonsorol | |
| Muntingia calabura | jam tree, strawberry tree, Jamaican cherry, Singapore cherry, Panama cherry, Panama berry, ornamental cherry, calabura, sirsen, budo (Palau) | Tiliaceae | tree | Merir, Sonsorol | |
| Paspalum conjugatum | T grass, ti grass, sour grass; sour palpalum, buffalo grass, carabao grass, Hilo grass (Hawai'i), udel ra ngebei (Palau) | Poaceae | grass | Sonsorol | |
| *Psidium guajava | guava, guabang (Palau), kuabang (Palau) | Myrtaceae | tree | Sonsorol | |
| **Sporobolus indicus var. major | smutgrass, wiregrass, Indian dropseed | Poaceae | grass | Sonsorol | |
| Tecoma stans | yellow bells, yellow-elder, yellow trumpetbush | Bignoniaceae | small tree | Pulo Ana, Sonsorol | |
| Tradescantia spathacea | oyster plant, boat plant, boat lily, moses in a boat, kobesos (Palau) | Commelinaceae | herb | Sonsorol | |
*Cultivated
**Native/Micronesian introduction
†Reported present by Fosberg et al. (1979)
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