Propagating Native Plants: Introduction | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Propagating Native Plants: Introduction is a restoration-focused guide to growing native Hawaiian plants for conservation and outplanting projects. It covers seed and cutting collection, nursery construction, sowing, transplanting, field nurseries, pest management, and phytosanitation, and includes practical appendices for production scheduling and common mesic native species. The resource is especially useful for restoration planning, propagation training, and conservation education.
Native Hawaiian Plants for Landscaping, Conservation, and Reforestation | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Native Hawaiian Plants for Landscaping, Conservation, and Reforestation is a CTAHR guide to selecting, propagating, and using native Hawaiian plants in gardens, restoration projects, and reforestation. It combines plant culture guidance with illustrated profiles of native groundcovers, shrubs, and trees, including propagation methods, landscape uses, pests, and cultural notes. The resource is especially useful for educator planning, native plant research, and conservation-focused planting projects.
Kamehameha Butterfly and the Pulelehua Project | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
The Kamehameha Butterfly and the Pulelehua Project is a UH CTAHR educational article about Hawaiʻi’s native state insect and the citizen-science effort to map and protect it. It introduces the butterfly’s life cycle, host plants, threats, and habitat needs while encouraging learners to submit observations and support recovery through native planting. The resource is especially useful for classroom learning, conservation education, and community science projects.
Insectary Plants for Hawaii | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Insectary Plants for Hawaii is a CTAHR Cooperative Extension guide that helps learners understand how plants can support pollinators and other beneficial insects in Hawaiʻi. It combines species profiles, habitat guidance, and native Hawaiian plant examples to support pollination, biological pest control, and insectary garden planning. The resource works well for classroom learning, educator planning, and garden-based projects.
Insectary Plants for Hawaii | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Insectary Plants for Hawaii is a CTAHR Cooperative Extension guide that helps learners understand how plants can support beneficial insects in Hawaiʻi. It combines species profiles, pollinator and predator information, and examples of native Hawaiian plants with insectary value to support habitat planning and biological pest control. The resource is especially useful for garden, farm, and classroom learning about pollination and agroecology.
Hawaiʻi’s Native Bees (Nalo Meli Maoli) | University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
Hawaiʻi’s Native Bees (Nalo Meli Maoli) is an illustrated educational article about Hawaiʻi’s endemic yellow-faced bees and their role as native pollinators. It introduces bee evolution, plant relationships, habitat range, and major conservation threats such as invasive ants, habitat loss, and introduced species. The resource is especially useful for classroom reading and discussion about pollination, biodiversity, and conservation in Hawaiʻi.
Go Native: Growing a Native Hawaiian Urban Forest | Hawaiʻi Forest Institute
Go Native: Growing a Native Hawaiian Urban Forest is a Hawaiʻi Forest Institute project that helps people choose and grow Native Hawaiian and canoe plants for homes, businesses, and community spaces. Through a grower’s guide, videos, postcards, and related resources, it supports native plant selection, urban habitat creation, and a broader mauka-to-makai vision for restoring ecological connections in developed areas.
Forest Friends Coloring Book | Hawaiʻi Forest Institute
Forest Friends is a coloring book from the Hawaiʻi Forest Institute that introduces learners to native Hawaiian animals and the habitats they depend on. Through illustrated pages and short species descriptions, it teaches about endemism, ecology, cultural significance, and conservation. The resource is especially well suited for elementary classroom or home learning.
Plants of Hawaiʻi | Bishop Museum
Plants of Hawaiʻi is Bishop Museum’s online species information and identification system for Hawaiʻi’s flora. It allows users to search documented native, naturalized, and cultivated plants and explore broader groups such as ferns, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and algae. The resource is especially useful for plant identification, educator planning, and research on Hawaiian biodiversity.
The Forest Jewels of Hawaiʻi: Native Bird Coloring Book | Department of Land and Natural Resources
The Forest Jewels of Hawaiʻi is a coloring book from DLNR Forestry & Wildlife that introduces learners to Hawaiʻi’s native forest birds through illustrated coloring pages and short species profiles. It helps students learn about bird appearance, habitat, island distribution, cultural importance, and conservation while engaging creatively with the material. The resource is especially well suited for elementary classroom or home use.
