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Microlepia strigosa
(Dennstaedtiaceae)

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Species description or overview

Microlepia strigosa information from NTBG
Information about Microlepia strigosa is available from the National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG).

Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Microlepia strigosa
Nomenclatural information about Microlepia strigosa is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

ITIS nomenclature info for Microlepia strigosa
Nomenclatural information about Microlepia strigosa is provided by ITIS.

Cultivation & propagation

How to plant a native Hawaiian garden View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
An instructional handbook on planting a native Hawaiian garden was prepared by Office of Environmental Quality Control to guide the establishment of native gardens in schools throughout Hawaii to stimulate the awareness and appreciation of Hawaii's rare and fragile environmental resources (1992).

Got Erosion? ... Plant!
Native species that can combat soil loss are the topic of this Rick Barboza column (Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features, 12/19/2003).

Specialty crop production in a forestry understory: olena, maile, papapalai, and awa View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Research on potential understory crops within long rotations of high-value tropical woods such as koa is described in this paper from the Hawaii Agriculture Research Center (2000).

Images

Images of Microlepia strigosa (Dennstaedtiaceae) (palapalai)
Links to high-resolution free images of Microlepia strigosa (Dennstaedtiaceae) (palapalai) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Microlepia strigosa information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Microlepia strigosa in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Distribution

Microlepia strigosa information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Microlepia strigosa in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Where to see this species

Auwahi - Dry forest of Maui
Images, history, and ethnobotany of Auwahi are on the HEAR website.

Books

Hawaii's ferns and fern allies
Palmer, Daniel D. 2003. Hawaii's ferns and fern allies. Contribuition no. 2002-010 to the Hawaii Biological Survey. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. 324 pp. ISBN: 0-8248-2522-5.

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.

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