Grevillea robusta (Proteaceae) he oak, she-oak, silk oak, silky oak, silver oak, spider flower

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Species description or overview

Grevillea robusta information from PIER
Information on Grevillea robusta as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Grevillea robusta description and ecology from GISD (ISSG)
A species description and information about the ecology of Grevillea robusta as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).

Grevillea robusta information from "Common forest trees of Hawaii" 
Information about Grevillea robusta is presented with respect to this species being a forest tree in Hawaii. The information on this site is from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) 1989 publication by Little and Skolmen entitled "Common forest trees of Hawaii (native and introduced)."

Taxonomy & nomenclature

Grevillea robusta information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Grevillea robusta--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Grevillea robusta information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Grevillea robusta, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

IPNI nomenclature info for Grevillea robusta
Nomenclatural information about Grevillea robusta is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).

Impacts

Grevillea robusta impact information from GISD (ISSG)
Impact information regarding Grevillea robusta as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).

Risk assessments

Control methods

Grevillea robusta management information from GISD (ISSG)
Management information for Grevillea robusta as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).

Images

Grevillea robusta information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Grevillea robusta in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Falcataria to Khaya images and weed risk assessment scores
Images of trees Falcataria to Khaya, and their weed risk assessment scores, listed alphabetically, are from the University of Hawaii Forestry Extension.

Grevillea robusta images from PIER
Images of Grevillea robusta provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Distribution

Grevillea robusta information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Grevillea robusta--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy (2000) 
The status of invasive plants, vertebrates, arthropods, molluscs, and crustaceans, and options for a regional invasive species strategy for the South Pacific are presented in this series of articles from the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2000.

Grevillea robusta worldwide distribution from GISD (ISSG)
Worldwide distribution information about Grevillea robusta is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).

Books

Full-text articles

Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research
Stone, Charles P., Clifford W. Smith, and J. Timothy Tunison (eds.) . 1992. Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit. ISBN: 0-8248-1474-6.

Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy
South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP). Sherley, Greg (ed.) . 2000. Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy. Apia, Samoa: South Pacific Regional Environment Programme. ISBN: 982-04-0214-X.

Weeds of Hawaii's Pastures and Natural Areas: An Identification and Management Guide
Motooka, Philip, Luisa Castro, Duane Nelson, Guy Nagai, and Lincoln Ching. 2003. Weeds of Hawaii's Pastures and Natural Areas: An Identification and Management Guide. College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (University of Hawaii--Manoa), Honolulu. 184 pp. color illus. ISBN: 1-929325-14-2.

Experts

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