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Dryopteris subbipinnata
Ainahou Valley wood fern
As recorded: Dryopteris subbipinnata W.H.Wagner & Hobdy
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Polypodiopsida › Polypodiales › Dryopteridaceae
- Collected by
- Forbes, C.N.
- Collector number
- 991.M
- Date
- August 2, 1919
- Locality
- Keanae Gap, Halehaku, N slope Haleakala
- Island
- Maui
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- Geiger, J.M.O.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On August 2, 1919, Forbes, C.N. also collected 24+ other specimens.
Dryopteris subbipinnata observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1919. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 8 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2023-05-20.

2023-05-20
Maui County, HI, USA
(c) NPS - pacific island vegetation monitoring, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-11-05
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Susan Fawcett, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-11-05
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Susan Fawcett, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-11-05
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Susan Fawcett, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2010-06-09
Maui County, HI, USA
(c) Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2008-10-23
Maui County, HI, USA
(c) Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Dryopteris subbipinnata. BISH 5658. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956691960. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/5658.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956691960 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
