This comprehensive botanical survey, conducted from March 27 to June 30, 1999, by Forest and Kim Starr and their team, provides an updated inventory of plant species on Midway Atoll.
Serves as a baseline for long-term botanical monitoring and conservation planning in the Midway National Wildlife Refuge
Informs management decisions related to invasive species control, native plant propagation, and habitat restoration
Supports federal agencies like the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service by delivering essential ecological data for conservation policy implementation
Detailed documentation and mapping of each island’s flora (e.g., Spit Island, Eastern Island, Sand Island)
Assessment of common, rare, and dominant species across different habitats
Identification of new plant records for the atoll and updates on species presence/absence compared to earlier surveys
