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Agrostis sandwicensis
As recorded: Agrostis sandwicensis Hillebr.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Poaceae
- Collected by
- St.John, H.; Mitchell, A.L.A.L.M. Mitchell →Harold St.John →
- Collector number
- 21259
- Date
- September 1, 1945
- Locality
- Haleakala Crater, 1/4 mi NE of Puu Nole
- Island
- Maui
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 20.7159, -156.1912 ± 114 m
- Elevation
- 2,197 m
- Identified by
- Clayton, W.D.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On September 1, 1945, St.John, H.; Mitchell, A.L. also collected 5 other specimens.
Still here: Agrostis sandwicensis observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1945. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 12 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-10-26.
2026-10-26
Haleakalā National Park, Kula, HI, US
(c) ka_y_ak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-22
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) ka_y_ak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-06-20
Haleakalā National Park, Kula, HI, US
(c) annieliu1718, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-12-31
Maui County, HI, USA
(c) Jeff Steele, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-09-28
Maui County, HI, USA
(c) NPS - pacific island vegetation monitoring, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-09-26
Maui County, HI, USA
(c) Eric Knight, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Agrostis sandwicensis. BISH 456755. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956488486. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/456755.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956488486 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026