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Page 1: Exhibit B Flora and Fauna Study...enclature of the flowering plants (Monocots and Dicots) are in accordance with Wagner et al. (1999). For each species, the following information is

Miki Basin Industrial Park Environmental Assessment

Exhibit B

Flora and Fauna Study

Page 2: Exhibit B Flora and Fauna Study...enclature of the flowering plants (Monocots and Dicots) are in accordance with Wagner et al. (1999). For each species, the following information is

F

LO

RA

AN

D F

AU

NA

ST

UD

Y

M

IKI

BA

SIN

200

AC

RE

IN

DU

ST

RIA

L D

EV

EL

OP

ME

NT

KA

LU

LU

AN

D K

AU

NO

, L

ĀN

A′I

by:

Rob

ert

Hob

dy

Env

iron

men

tal

Con

sult

ant

Kok

omo,

Mau

i A

pril

201

8

P

repa

red

for:

Pūl

ama

Lān

a′i

F

LO

RA

AN

D F

AU

NA

ST

UD

Y

MIK

I B

AS

IN 2

00 A

CR

E I

ND

US

TR

IAL

DE

VE

LO

PM

EN

T

KA

LU

LU

AN

D K

AU

NO

, L

ĀN

A′I

INT

RO

DU

CT

ION

The

Mik

i B

asin

200

acr

e In

dust

rial

Dev

elop

men

t pr

ojec

t is

loc

ated

on

the

inne

r sl

opes

of

Mik

i B

asin

and

a

smal

l po

rtio

n of

Pāl

awai

Bas

in i

n so

uthw

este

rn L

āna′

i to

the

eas

t of

Lān

a′i

Air

port

. M

iki

Roa

d ru

ns t

hrou

gh t

he

proj

ect

area

and

the

pro

ject

are

a al

so s

urro

unds

the

Mau

i E

lect

ric

Com

pan

y P

ower

Pla

nt w

ithi

n th

e B

asin

. A

ll

of t

he l

ands

wit

hin

and

arou

nd t

he p

roje

ct a

rea

are

owne

d an

d m

anag

ed b

y P

ūlam

a L

āna′

i.

S

ITE

DE

SC

RIP

TIO

N

The

pro

ject

are

a is

sit

uate

d on

gen

tly

to m

oder

atel

y sl

opin

g la

nds

that

wer

e pa

rt o

f a

larg

e pi

neap

ple

plan

tati

on.

The

se l

ands

hav

e la

in f

allo

w f

or 2

5 ye

ars

sinc

e th

e pl

anta

tion

clo

sed

in 1

992

and

are

now

ov

ergr

own

wit

h a

dens

e gr

assl

and

and

shru

bs.

So

ils

cons

ist

of t

hree

ser

ies

char

acte

rize

d as

Wai

kap

ū si

lty

clay

lo

am, 0

– 3

% s

lope

s, M

olok

a′i

silt

y cl

ay l

oam

, 3 –

7%

slo

pes

and

Ual

a si

lty

clay

loa

m, 7

– 1

5% s

lop

es w

hich

ar

e al

l va

rian

ts o

f de

ep,

wel

l-dr

aine

d so

ils

of t

he u

plan

d pl

atea

u of

Lān

a′i,

(F

oote

et

al, 1

972)

. R

ain

fall

ave

rage

s ab

out

20 i

nche

s pe

r ye

ar w

ith

win

ter

max

imum

s (A

rmst

rong

, 198

3).

Ele

vati

ons

rang

e be

twee

n 1,

150

feet

and

1,

310

feet

abo

ve s

ea l

evel

.

SU

RV

EY

OB

JEC

TIV

ES

T

his

repo

rt s

umm

ariz

es t

he f

indi

ngs

of a

flo

ra a

nd f

auna

stu

dy

of

the

prop

osed

Mik

i B

asin

200

Acr

e In

dust

rial

D

evel

opm

ent

Pro

ject

tha

t w

as c

ondu

cted

in

Apr

il 2

018.

The

obj

ecti

ves

of t

he s

urve

y w

ere

to:

1

. D

ocum

ent

wha

t pl

ant

and

anim

al s

peci

es o

ccur

on

the

prop

erty

or

may

lik

ely

occu

r in

the

ex

isti

ng h

abit

at.

2

. D

ocum

ent

the

stat

us a

nd a

bund

ance

of

each

spe

cies

.

3.

Det

erm

ine

the

pres

ence

or

like

ly o

ccur

renc

e of

an

y na

tive

flo

ra a

nd f

auna

, par

ticu

larl

y an

y th

at a

re

fed

eral

ly l

iste

d as

Thr

eate

ned

or E

ndan

gere

d. I

f su

ch o

ccur

, ide

ntif

y w

hat

feat

ure

s of

the

hab

itat

may

be

ess

enti

al f

or t

hese

spe

cies

.

4.

Det

erm

ine

if t

he p

roje

ct a

rea

cont

ains

an

y sp

ecia

l ha

bita

ts w

hich

if

lost

or

alte

red

mig

ht r

esul

t in

a

s

igni

fica

nt n

egat

ive

impa

ct o

n th

e na

tive

flo

ra a

nd f

auna

in

this

par

t o

f th

e is

land

.

Page 3: Exhibit B Flora and Fauna Study...enclature of the flowering plants (Monocots and Dicots) are in accordance with Wagner et al. (1999). For each species, the following information is

B

OT

AN

ICA

L S

UR

VE

Y R

EP

OR

T

S

UR

VE

Y M

ET

HO

DS

A

wal

k-th

rou

gh b

otan

ical

sur

vey

met

hod

was

use

d to

cov

er t

his

200

acre

pro

ject

are

a. A

ll p

arts

of

this

ha

bita

t w

ere

exam

ined

.

A

com

plet

e in

vent

ory

of a

ll p

lant

spe

cies

was

mad

e w

ith

spec

ial

atte

ntio

n fo

cuse

d on

nat

ive

plan

t sp

ecie

s an

d w

heth

er a

ny

of t

hese

wer

e fe

dera

lly

prot

ecte

d T

hrea

tene

d or

End

ange

red

spec

ies

that

mig

ht r

equ

ire

spec

ial

atte

ntio

n or

act

ions

.

DE

SC

RIP

TIO

N O

F T

HE

VE

GE

TA

TIO

N

The

ent

ire

proj

ect

area

has

lai

n fa

llow

fro

m a

gric

ultu

ral

use

for

25 y

ears

, wit

h so

me

graz

ing

occu

rrin

g du

rin

g a

few

of

thes

e ye

ars.

Th

e ve

geta

tion

was

a d

ense

gro

wth

of

gras

ses

and

shru

bs.

Thi

rty-

nine

pla

nt s

peci

es w

ere

reco

rded

dur

ing

the

surv

ey.

Tw

o sp

ecie

s w

ere

abu

ndan

t th

roug

hout

the

pro

ject

are

a, G

uine

a gr

ass

(Meg

athy

rsus

max

imus

) an

d l

anta

na

(Lan

tana

cam

ara)

. A

noth

er t

wo

spec

ies

wer

e co

mm

on, s

ourg

rass

(D

igita

ria

insu

lari

s) a

nd M

adag

asca

r fi

rew

eed

(Sen

ecio

mad

agas

cari

ensi

s).

The

rem

aini

ng t

hirt

y-fi

ve s

pec

ies

wer

e ei

ther

of

unco

mm

on o

r ra

re

occu

rren

ce.

J

ust

thre

e co

mm

on n

ativ

e pl

ant

spec

ies

wer

e fo

und,

′ili

ma

(Sid

a fa

llax)

, ′uh

aloa

(W

alth

eria

indi

ca)

and

′a′a

li′i

(Dod

onae

a vi

scos

a), a

ll o

f w

hich

are

wid

espr

ead

and

com

mon

thr

ough

out

Haw

aii.

The

se h

ave

pers

iste

d he

re i

n sm

all

num

bers

du

e to

the

ir h

ard

y n

atur

e.

D

ISC

US

SIO

N A

ND

RE

CO

MM

EN

DA

TIO

NS

T

he v

eget

atio

n in

thi

s pr

ojec

t ar

ea i

s do

min

ated

by

hard

y, i

nvas

ive

non-

nat

ive

spec

ies.

Jus

t th

ree

com

mon

na

tive

pla

nt s

peci

es,

′ilim

a, ′u

hal

oa a

nd ′a

′ali

′i, w

ere

foun

d he

re.

Non

e o

f th

ese

are

of a

ny

cons

erva

tion

con

cern

.

No

spec

ial

habi

tats

fo

r na

tive

pla

nts

wer

e fo

und.

B

ecau

se o

f th

e ab

ove

info

rmat

ion,

it

is d

eter

min

ed t

hat

ther

e is

not

hing

of

spec

ial

bota

nica

l co

ncer

n w

ith

rega

rd t

o th

is p

roje

ct.

No

reco

mm

enda

tion

s w

ith

refe

renc

e to

pla

nts

are

deem

ed n

eces

sary

.

P

LA

NT

SP

EC

IES

LIS

T

F

ollo

win

g is

a c

heck

list

of

all

thos

e va

scul

ar p

lant

spe

cies

inv

ento

ried

dur

ing

the

fiel

d st

udie

s. P

lant

fam

ilie

s ar

e ar

ran

ged

alph

abet

ical

ly.

Tax

onom

y an

d no

men

clat

ure

of t

he

flow

erin

g pl

ants

(M

onoc

ots

and

Dic

ots)

are

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith

Wag

ner

et

al. (

1999

).

F

or e

ach

spec

ies,

the

fol

low

ing

info

rmat

ion

is p

rovi

ded:

1. S

cien

tifi

c na

me

wit

h au

thor

cit

atio

n.

2.

Com

mon

Eng

lish

or

Haw

aiia

n na

me.

3. B

io-g

eogr

aphi

cal

stat

us.

The

fol

low

ing

sym

bols

are

use

d:

end

emic

= n

ativ

e on

ly t

o th

e H

awai

ian

Isla

nds;

no

t na

tura

lly

occ

urri

ng a

nyw

here

els

e in

the

wor

ld.

ind

igen

ous

= n

ativ

e to

the

Haw

aiia

n Is

lan

ds a

nd a

lso

to o

ne o

r m

ore

othe

r ge

ogr

aphi

c ar

ea(s

).

n

on-n

ativ

e =

all

tho

se p

lant

s br

ough

t to

th

e is

land

s in

tent

ion

ally

or

acci

dent

ally

aft

er w

este

rn c

onta

ct.

P

olyn

esia

n =

bro

ught

by

the

Haw

aiia

ns d

urin

g P

olyn

esia

n m

igra

tion

s.

4.

Abu

ndan

ce o

f ea

ch s

peci

es w

ithi

n th

e pr

ojec

t ar

ea:

abu

ndan

t =

fo

rmin

g a

maj

or p

art

of t

he v

eget

atio

n w

ithi

n th

e pr

ojec

t ar

ea.

com

mon

= w

idel

y sc

atte

red

thro

ugho

ut t

he

area

or

loca

lly

abun

dan

t w

ithi

n a

port

ion

of i

t.

u

ncom

mon

= s

catt

ered

spa

rsel

y th

rou

ghou

t th

e ar

ea o

r oc

curr

ing

in a

few

sm

all

patc

hes.

r

are

= o

nly

a fe

w i

sola

ted

indi

vidu

als

wit

hin

the

proj

ect

area

.

Page 4: Exhibit B Flora and Fauna Study...enclature of the flowering plants (Monocots and Dicots) are in accordance with Wagner et al. (1999). For each species, the following information is

SC

IEN

TIF

IC N

AM

E

CO

MM

ON

NA

ME

S

TA

TU

S

AB

UN

DA

NC

E

MO

NO

CO

TS

PO

AC

EA

E (

Gra

ss F

amil

y)

Andr

opog

on v

irgi

nicu

s L.

broo

m s

edge

no

n-na

tive

un

com

mon

Both

rioc

hloa

per

tusa

(L

.) A

. Cam

us

pitt

ed b

eard

gras

s no

n-na

tive

un

com

mon

Cyn

odon

dac

tylo

n (L

.) P

ers.

B

erm

uda

gras

s no

n-na

tive

ra

re

Dig

itari

a in

sula

ris (

L.)

Mez

ex

Ekm

an

sour

gras

s no

n-na

tive

co

mm

on

Erag

rost

is p

ectin

acea

(M

ichx

.) N

ees

Car

olin

a lo

vegr

ass

non-

nati

ve

rare

Meg

athy

rsus

max

imus

(Ja

cq.)

Sim

on &

Jac

obs

Gui

nea

gras

s no

n-na

tive

ab

unda

nt

Mel

inis

repe

ns (

Wil

ld.)

Ziz

ka

Nat

al r

edto

p

non-

nati

ve

rare

DIC

OT

S

AM

AR

AN

TH

AC

EA

E (

Am

aran

th F

amil

y)

Amar

anth

us sp

inos

us L

. sp

iny

amar

anth

no

n-na

tive

ra

re

Dys

phan

ia a

mbr

osio

ides

(L

.) M

osya

kin

& C

lem

ants

M

exic

an w

orm

seed

no

n-na

tive

ra

re

Dys

phan

ia c

arin

ata

(R.B

r.)

Mos

yaki

n &

Cle

man

ts

keel

ed w

orm

seed

no

n-na

tive

un

com

mon

AP

OC

YN

AC

EA

E (

Do

gban

e F

amil

y)

Ascl

epia

s phy

soca

rpa

(E.

Mey

.) S

chle

cter

ba

loon

pla

nt

non-

nati

ve

unco

mm

on

AS

TE

RA

CE

AE

(S

unfl

ower

Fam

ily)

Ager

atum

con

yzoi

des L

. m

aile

hoh

ono

non-

nati

ve

rare

Con

yza

bona

rien

sis (

L.)

Cro

nq.

hair

y ho

rsew

eed

no

n-na

tive

un

com

mon

Emili

a fo

sber

gii N

icol

son

red

pual

ele

non-

nati

ve

rare

Het

erot

heca

gra

ndifl

ora

Nut

t.

tele

grap

h w

eed

no

n-na

tive

un

com

mon

Sene

cio

mad

agas

cari

ensi

s Poi

r.

Mad

agas

car

fire

wee

d

non-

nati

ve

com

mon

Verb

esin

a en

celio

ides

(C

av.)

Ben

th. &

Hoo

k.

gold

en c

row

n-b

eard

no

n-na

tive

un

com

mon

BR

AS

SIC

AC

EA

E (

Mus

tard

Fam

ily)

Lepi

dium

vir

gini

cum

L.

Vir

gini

a p

eppe

rwor

t no

n-na

tive

ra

re

CA

RY

OP

HY

LL

AC

EA

E (

Pin

k F

amil

y)

Poly

carp

on te

trap

hyllu

m (

L.)

L.

four

-lea

ved

all

seed

no

n-na

tive

ra

re

CO

NV

OL

VU

LA

CE

AE

(M

orni

ng G

lory

Fam

ily)

Ipom

oea

cairi

ca (

L.)

Sw

eet

koal

i 'a

i no

n-na

tive

ra

re

Ipom

oea

obsc

ura

(L.)

Ker

-Gaw

l.)

----

----

----

----

----

- no

n-na

tive

ra

re

Ipom

oea

trilo

ba L

. li

ttle

bel

l no

n-na

tive

ra

re

EU

PH

OR

BIA

CE

AE

(S

purg

e F

amil

y)

Euph

orbi

a hi

rta

L.

hair

y sp

urg

e no

n-na

tive

ra

re

FA

BA

CE

AE

(P

ea F

amil

y)

Cha

mae

cris

ta n

ictit

ans (

L.)

Moe

nch

pa

rtri

dge

pea

no

n-na

tive

un

com

mon

Des

man

thus

per

nam

buca

nus(

L.)

The

llun

g sl

ende

r m

imos

a no

n-na

tive

ra

re

SC

IEN

TIF

IC N

AM

E

CO

MM

ON

NA

ME

S

TA

TU

S

AB

UN

DA

NC

E

Indi

gofe

ra su

ffrut

icos

a M

ill.

'in

ikō

non-

nati

ve

unco

mm

on

MA

LV

AC

EA

E (

Mal

low

Fam

ily)

Mal

vast

rum

cor

oman

delia

num

(L

.) G

arck

e fa

lse

mal

low

no

n-na

tive

ra

re

Sida

cili

aris

L.

brac

ted

fanp

etal

s no

n-na

tive

ra

re

Sida

cor

difo

lia L

. fl

anne

l si

da

non-

nati

ve

rare

Sida

falla

x W

alpe

rs

'ilim

a in

dige

nous

un

com

mon

Sida

rhom

bifo

lia L

. ar

row

leaf

sid

a no

n-na

tive

ra

re

Sida

stru

m m

icra

nthu

m (

St.

Hil

.) F

ryx

. sa

nd m

allo

w

non-

nati

ve

unco

mm

on

Wal

ther

ia in

dica

L.

'uha

loa

indi

geno

us

unco

mm

on

OX

AL

IDA

CE

AE

(W

ood

Sor

rel

Fam

ily)

Oxa

lis c

orni

cula

ta L

. 'ih

i 'a

i P

olyn

esia

n

rare

PO

LY

GA

LA

CE

AE

(M

ilkw

ort

Fam

ily)

Poly

gala

pan

icul

ata

L.

root

bee

r pl

ant

non-

nati

ve

rare

SA

PIN

DA

CE

AE

(S

oapb

erry

Fam

ily)

Dod

onae

a vi

scos

a Ja

cq.

'a'a

li'i

indi

geno

us

rare

SO

LA

NA

CE

AE

(N

ight

shad

e F

amil

y)

Sola

num

linn

aean

um H

eppe

r &

P. J

aege

r ap

ple

of S

odom

no

n-na

tive

un

com

mon

VE

RB

EN

AC

EA

E (

Ver

bena

Fam

ily)

Lant

ana

cam

ara

L.

lant

ana

non-

nati

ve

abun

dant

Verb

ena

litto

ralis

Kun

th

ha'u

ōwī

non-

nati

ve

rare

Page 5: Exhibit B Flora and Fauna Study...enclature of the flowering plants (Monocots and Dicots) are in accordance with Wagner et al. (1999). For each species, the following information is

F

AU

NA

SU

RV

EY

RE

PO

RT

SU

RV

EY

ME

TH

OD

S

A f

auna

su

rvey

was

con

duct

ed i

n co

njun

ctio

n w

ith

the

flor

a su

rvey

. A

ll p

arts

of

the

proj

ect

area

wer

e co

vere

d.

Obs

erva

tion

s w

ere

mad

e w

ith

the

assi

stan

ce o

f bi

nocu

lars

. N

otes

wer

e m

ade

of s

peci

es, n

um

bers

and

st

atus

as

wel

l as

on

trac

ks,

sca

t an

d si

gns

of f

eedi

ng.

An

inve

nto

ry w

as m

ade

of a

ll o

f th

e an

imal

spe

cies

en

coun

tere

d.

In a

ddit

ion,

an

even

ing

surv

ey w

as c

ondu

cted

to

obse

rve

crep

uscu

lar

acti

viti

es a

nd c

alls

, and

to

dete

rmin

e an

y o

ccur

ren

ce o

f th

e E

nda

nger

ed H

awai

ian

hoar

y ba

t (L

asir

ius c

iner

eus s

emot

us)

in t

he p

roje

ct a

rea.

R

ES

UL

TS

M

AM

MA

LS

J

ust

one

mam

mal

spe

cies

was

obs

erve

d in

the

pro

ject

are

a. A

her

d of

abo

ut 2

0 ax

is d

eer

wer

e se

en a

nd

trai

ls, t

rack

s an

d fe

edin

g da

mag

e w

ere

ever

ywhe

re.

Nom

encl

atur

e an

d ta

xono

my

foll

ow (

Tom

ich,

198

6).

A

spe

cial

eff

ort

was

mad

e to

loo

k fo

r ev

iden

ce i

ndic

atin

g th

e pr

esen

ce o

f ōp

e′ap

e′a

or H

awai

ian

hoar

y ba

t

by

cond

uct

ing

an e

ven

ing

surv

ey a

t tw

o lo

cati

ons

wit

hin

the

proj

ect

area

. A

bat

det

ecti

ng

devi

ce (

Bat

box

III

D)

was

em

plo

yed,

set

to

freq

uenc

y of

27,

000

Her

tz t

hat

thes

e ba

ts a

re k

now

n to

use

whe

n ec

holo

cati

ng

for

flyi

ng

inse

cts.

No

bats

wer

e de

tect

ed w

ith

the

use

of

this

dev

ice.

Oth

er n

on-n

ativ

e m

amm

als

like

ly t

o fr

equ

ent

this

are

a in

clud

e ra

ts (

Rattu

s spp

.), m

ice

(Mus

dom

estic

us),

fe

ral

cats

(Fe

lis c

atus

) an

d oc

casi

onal

ly d

omes

tic

dogs

(C

anis

fam

iliar

is).

B

IRD

S

Bir

dlif

e w

as o

f m

oder

ate

occu

rren

ce i

n th

e pr

ojec

t ar

ea.

Tw

elve

spe

cies

wer

e ob

serv

ed d

uri

ng t

hre

e si

te

visi

ts, b

ut n

one

wer

e pa

rtic

ular

ly c

omm

on.

Tax

onom

y an

d no

men

clat

ure

foll

ow t

he A

mer

ican

Orn

itho

logi

sts’

U

nion

(20

18).

Eig

ht b

ird

spec

ies

wer

e of

mod

est

occu

rren

ce, c

attl

e eg

ret

(Bub

ulcu

s ibi

s), z

ebra

dov

e (G

eope

lia

stri

ata)

, nut

meg

man

niki

n (L

onch

ura

punc

tula

ta),

gra

y fr

anco

lin

(Fra

ncol

inus

pon

dice

rian

us),

nor

ther

n m

ocki

ngbi

rd (

mim

us p

olyg

lotto

s), c

omm

on m

yna

(Acr

idot

here

s tri

stis

), E

uras

ian

sky

lark

(Al

auda

arv

ensi

s) a

nd

Pac

ific

gol

den-

plov

er (

Pluv

ialis

fulv

a).

The

oth

er f

our

spec

ies

wer

e of

rar

e oc

curr

ence

.

Tw

o na

tive

bir

d sp

ecie

s w

ere

reco

rded

, th

e in

dige

nous

and

mig

rato

ry k

ōlea

or

Pac

ific

gol

den-

plov

er a

nd t

he

ende

mic

pue

o or

Haw

aiia

n ow

l (A

sio

flam

meu

s san

dwic

hens

is).

A f

ew o

ther

non

-nat

ive

bird

spe

cies

may

occ

asio

nall

y oc

cur

in t

his

area

, bu

t th

is h

abit

at i

s un

suit

able

for

H

awai

i’s

nati

ve f

ores

t bi

rds

or s

eabi

rds.

INSE

CT

S

In

sect

lif

e w

as r

athe

r sp

arse

in

this

hab

itat

dur

ing

thre

e si

te v

isit

s.

Tw

elve

non

-nat

ive

spec

ies

wer

e re

cord

ed,

repr

esen

ting

fiv

e in

sect

Ord

ers.

Jus

t on

e sp

ecie

s w

as c

omm

on t

hrou

ghou

t th

e pr

ojec

t ar

ea, t

he m

onar

ch

butt

erfl

y (D

anau

s ple

xipp

us).

Tw

o ot

her

spec

ies

wer

e un

com

mon

, the

cab

bage

but

terf

ly (

Pier

is ra

pae)

and

the

sh

ort-

horn

ed g

rass

hopp

er (

Oed

aleu

s abr

uptu

s).

Tax

onom

y an

d no

men

clat

ure

foll

ow N

ishi

da e

t al

(19

92).

No

nati

ve i

nsec

t sp

ecie

s w

ere

seen

.

DIS

CU

SS

ION

AN

D R

EC

OM

ME

ND

AT

ION

S

The

fau

na

reco

rded

in

thi

s pr

ojec

t ar

ea i

s la

rgel

y no

n-n

ativ

e in

cha

ract

er.

Axi

s de

er a

re a

bun

dant

thr

ough

out

the

area

and

hav

e si

gnif

ican

tly

mod

ifie

d th

e ha

bita

t b

y re

duci

ng

plan

t sp

ecie

s to

a f

ew h

ard

y do

min

ants

. T

his

in

turn

has

a s

omew

hat

lim

itin

g ef

fect

on

reso

urce

av

aila

bili

ty f

or o

ther

mam

mal

s, b

irds

and

ins

ects

.

No

End

ange

red

Haw

aiia

n ba

ts w

ere

det

ecte

d in

the

pro

ject

are

a du

ring

the

sur

vey.

Th

ey a

re r

are

on L

āna′

i bu

t co

uld

occu

r in

thi

s ar

ea o

ccas

iona

lly.

The

U.S

. Fis

h an

d W

ildl

ife

Ser

vice

has

gui

deli

nes

that

ens

ure

that

th

ese

bats

are

not

har

med

sho

uld

they

sho

w u

p.

J

ust

two

bird

spe

cies

wer

e n

ativ

e to

Haw

aii,

the

kōl

ea a

nd t

he

pueo

. T

he

kōle

a br

eed

and

rais

e th

eir

youn

g in

th

e ar

ctic

and

the

n m

igra

te t

o tr

opic

al p

lace

s li

ke H

awai

′i to

ove

rwin

ter.

M

any

thou

sand

s o

f kō

lea

com

e to

H

awai

i ev

ery

win

ter.

K

ōle

a ar

e qu

ite

com

mon

an

d ha

ve n

o en

dan

gere

d or

thr

eate

ned

stat

us.

The

pue

o is

a r

ace

of

the

shor

t-ea

red

owl

spec

ies

that

is

ende

mic

to

Haw

aii.

It

occ

urs

on a

ll t

he i

slan

ds b

ut i

s ra

re o

n O

′ahu

. It

is

wid

e ra

ngi

ng i

n gr

assl

ands

and

shr

ubla

nds

on L

āna′

i. I

t ca

rrie

s no

fed

eral

end

ange

red

or

thre

aten

ed s

tatu

s.

T

wo

indi

geno

us s

eabi

rds

the

End

ange

red

′ua′

u an

d th

e T

hrea

tene

d ′a

′o,

whi

le n

ot n

esti

ng i

n th

e p

roje

ct a

rea,

do

fly

ov

er i

t du

ring

dus

k t

o ac

cess

the

ir b

urr

ows

hig

h in

the

mou

ntai

ns a

nd a

gain

at

daw

n to

hea

d ou

t to

sea

. Y

oung

bir

ds t

akin

g th

eir

firs

t fl

edgi

ng f

ligh

ts a

re i

nex

peri

ence

d fl

iers

. T

hey

ofte

n ar

e di

sori

ente

d b

y br

ight

li

ghts

and

cra

sh i

nto

ligh

t st

ruct

ures

whe

re t

hey

bec

ome

vuln

erab

le t

o in

jury

and

pre

dato

rs.

It i

s re

com

men

ded

that

an

y si

gnif

ican

t ou

tdoo

r li

ghti

ng a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith

the

prop

osed

pro

ject

be

hood

ed t

o di

rect

the

lig

ht

dow

nwar

d to

mit

igat

e th

is t

hrea

t.

No

othe

r re

com

men

dati

ons

wit

h re

fere

nce

to

faun

a ar

e d

eem

ed n

eces

sary

.

Page 6: Exhibit B Flora and Fauna Study...enclature of the flowering plants (Monocots and Dicots) are in accordance with Wagner et al. (1999). For each species, the following information is

A

NIM

AL

SP

EC

IES

LIS

T

Fol

low

ing

is a

che

ckli

st o

f th

e an

imal

spe

cies

inv

ento

ried

dur

ing

the

fiel

d w

ork.

Ani

mal

spe

cies

are

ar

ran

ged

in d

esce

ndin

g ab

unda

nce

wit

hin

thre

e gr

oups

: M

amm

als,

Bir

ds a

nd I

nsec

ts. F

or

each

spe

cies

the

fo

llow

ing

info

rmat

ion

is p

rovi

ded:

1.

Com

mon

nam

e

2.

Sci

enti

fic

nam

e

3.

Bio

-geo

grap

hica

l st

atus

. T

he f

ollo

win

g sy

mbo

ls a

re u

sed:

end

emic

= n

ativ

e on

ly t

o H

awai

i; n

ot n

atur

ally

occ

urri

ng

anyw

here

els

e i

n th

e w

orld

.

ind

igen

ous

= n

ativ

e to

the

Haw

aiia

n Is

land

s an

d al

so t

o on

e or

mor

e ot

her

geo

grap

hic

area

(s).

mig

rato

ry =

bir

d sp

ecie

s th

at s

pend

the

fal

l an

d w

inte

r m

onth

s in

Haw

aii

and

the

sp

ring

an

d

su

mm

er m

onth

s br

eedi

ng

in t

he a

rcti

c.

n

on-n

ativ

e =

all

tho

se a

nim

als

brou

ght

to H

awai

i in

tent

iona

lly

or

acci

dent

ally

aft

er w

este

rn c

onta

ct.

4. A

bund

ance

of

each

spe

cies

wit

hin

the

proj

ect

area

:

abu

ndan

t =

man

y fl

ocks

or

indi

vidu

als

seen

thr

ough

out

the

area

at

all

tim

es o

f da

y.

c

omm

on =

a f

ew f

lock

s or

wel

l sc

atte

red

indi

vidu

als

thro

ugho

ut t

he a

rea.

unc

omm

on =

onl

y on

e fl

ock

or

sev

eral

ind

ivid

uals

see

n w

ithi

n th

e pr

ojec

t ar

ea.

r

are

= o

nly

one

or t

wo

seen

wit

hin

the

proj

ect

area

.

SC

IEN

TIF

IC N

AM

E

CO

MM

ON

NA

ME

S

TA

TU

S

AB

UN

DA

NC

E

MA

MM

AL

S

CE

RV

IDA

E (

Dee

r F

amil

y)

Axis

axi

s Erx

lebe

n ax

is d

eer

non-

nati

ve

abun

dant

BIR

DS

AL

AU

DID

AE

(S

ky

Lar

k F

amil

y)

Alau

da a

rven

sis L

. E

uras

ian

sky

lark

no

n-na

tive

un

com

mon

AR

DE

IDA

E (

Her

on F

amil

y)

Bubu

lcus

ibis

L.

catt

le e

gret

no

n-na

tive

un

com

mon

CA

RD

INA

LID

AE

(C

ardi

nal

Fam

ily)

Car

dina

lis c

ardi

nalis

L.

nort

hern

car

dina

l no

n-na

tive

ra

re

CH

AR

AD

RII

DA

E (

Plo

ver

Fam

ily)

Pluv

ialis

fulv

a G

mel

in

kōle

a, P

acif

ic g

olde

n-p

love

r in

dige

nous

un

com

mon

CO

LU

MB

IDA

E (

Dov

e F

amil

y)

Geo

pelia

stri

ata

L.

zebr

a do

ve

non-

nati

ve

unco

mm

on

ES

TR

ILD

IDA

E (

Est

rild

id F

inch

Fam

ily)

Lonc

hura

pun

ctul

ata

L.

nutm

eg m

anni

kin

no

n-na

tive

un

com

mon

MIM

IDA

E (

Moc

king

bird

Fam

ily)

Mim

us p

olyg

lotto

s L.

nort

hern

moc

kin

gbir

d

non-

nati

ve

rare

PH

AS

IAN

IDA

E (

Phe

asan

t F

amil

y)

Fran

colin

us p

ondi

ceri

anus

Gm

elin

gr

ay f

ranc

olin

no

n-na

tive

un

com

mon

Mel

eagr

is g

allo

pavo

L.

Rio

Gra

nde

turk

ey

non-

nati

ve

rare

Phas

ianu

s col

chic

us L

. ri

ng-n

eck

ed p

heas

ant

non-

nati

ve

rare

ST

RIG

IDA

E (

Ow

l F

amil

y)

Asio

flam

meu

s san

dwic

hens

is B

lox

am

Pue

o, H

awai

ian

owl

ende

mic

ra

re

ST

UR

NID

AE

(S

tarl

ing

Fam

ily)

Acri

doth

eres

tris

tis L

. co

mm

on m

yna

non-

nati

ve

unco

mm

on

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SC

IEN

TIF

IC N

AM

E

CO

MM

ON

NA

ME

S

TA

TU

S

AB

UN

DA

NC

E

INSE

CT

S

AR

AN

AE

- s

pide

rs

AR

AN

EID

AE

(O

rb W

eave

r S

pide

r F

amil

y)

Aran

eus d

iade

mat

us C

lerc

k E

urop

ean

gard

en s

pide

r no

n-na

tive

ra

re

DIP

TE

RA

- f

lies

CA

LL

IPH

OR

IDA

E (

Cal

liph

orid

Fly

Fam

ily)

Cal

lipho

ra v

omito

ria

L.

blue

bott

le f

ly

non-

nati

ve

rare

Euca

lliph

ora

latif

rons

Hou

gh

blow

fly

no

n-na

tive

ra

re

SY

RP

HID

AE

(H

over

fly

Fam

ily)

Sym

osyr

phus

gra

ndic

orni

s Mac

quar

t A

ustr

alia

n ho

verf

ly

non-

nati

ve

rare

HY

ME

NO

PT

ER

A -

bee

s, w

asps

, ant

s

AP

IDA

E (

Hon

eybe

e F

amil

y)

Apis

mel

lifer

a L

. ho

neyb

ee

non-

nati

ve

unco

mm

on

FO

RM

ICID

AE

(A

nt F

amil

y)

Phei

dole

meg

acep

hala

Fab

rici

us

big-

head

ed a

nt

non-

nati

ve

rare

LE

PID

OT

ER

A -

but

terf

lies

, mot

hs

CR

AM

BID

AE

(W

ebw

orm

Mot

h F

amil

y)

Spol

adea

recu

rval

is F

abri

cius

be

et w

ebw

orm

mot

h no

n-na

tive

ra

re

HE

SP

ER

IID

AE

(S

kipp

er B

utte

rfly

Fam

ily)

Hyl

ephi

la p

hyle

us D

rury

fi

ery

skip

per

non-

nati

ve

rare

LY

CA

EN

IDA

E (

Gos

sam

er-w

inge

d B

utte

rfly

Fam

ily)

Lam

pide

s boe

ticus

L.

long

-tai

led

blue

but

terf

ly

non-

nati

ve

rare

NY

MP

HA

LID

AE

(B

rush

-foo

ted

But

terf

ly F

amil

y)

Dan

aus p

lexi

ppus

L.

mon

arch

but

terf

ly

non-

nati

ve

com

mon

PIE

RID

AE

(W

hite

and

Sul

phur

But

terf

ly F

amil

y)

Pier

is ra

pae

L.

cabb

age

butt

erfl

y no

n-na

tive

un

com

mon

OR

TH

OP

TE

RA

- g

rass

hop

pers

, cri

cket

s

AC

RID

IDA

E (

Gra

ssho

ppe

r F

amil

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