Conservation Plant Releases

Updated 08/13/2008

Hoolehua Plant Materials Center

The Hoolehua Plant Materials Center has released the following plants to commercial growers to solve specific resource conservation needs. Click on the link to the Release Brochure (if available) to view more information on each plant release. Click on the Scientific Name for more information on the species.

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Release Name	Scientific Name	Common Name	Uses	Release Brochure
Makakupa`ia Germplasm	Chenopodium oahuense	Aweoweo	erosion control, ecosystem restoration, enhancing cultural sites, increasing plant diversity and wildlife cover and food.
Tropic Sun	Crotalaria juncea	sun hemp	primarily used as a green manure crop for soil improvement. Also useful as a source of fiber	Brochure (PDF)
Kuiaha	Desmodium aparines	desmodium	pasture improvement, cover crop and erosion control
Kamiloloa Germplasm	Dodonaea viscosa	Florida hopbush	ecosystem restoration, revegetation of eroded areas, wildlife food and cover, windbreaks, and for landscaping
Kaho'olawe Germplasm	Eragrostis variabilis	kawelu	ecosystem restoration, erosion control, enhancing diversity in riparian areas, and for wildlife cover and food.
Tropic Coral	Erythrina variegata	tall erythrina	primarily developed for windbreak for soil and water conservation
Kaho'olawe Germplasm	Heteropogon contortus	piligrass	ecosystem restoration, erosion control, wildlife habitat, increasing diversity in riparian and other communities, and for enhancing cultural sites
Tropic Verde	Neonotonia wightii	perennial soybean	pasture improvement, cover crop and erosion control
Tropic Lalo	Paspalum hieronymi	paspalum	ground cover for orchards, waterways, roadsides	Brochure (PDF)
Tropic Shore	Paspalum vaginatum	seashore paspalum	primarily for stabilizing the shorelines and banks of aquaculture ponds, canals, and streams with brackish or salty water

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