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Oreobolus furcatus
Hawaii Island Sedge
As recorded: Oreobolus furcatus H.Mann
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Cyperaceae
- Collected by
- Wood, K.R.; Oppenheimer, H.L.; Bily, P.Pat Bily →Hank L. Oppenheimer →Kenneth R. Wood →
- Collector number
- 14238
- Date
- June 8, 2010
- Locality
- Western Piinaau headwaters.
- Island
- Maui
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 1,981 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On June 8, 2010, Wood, K.R.; Oppenheimer, H.L.; Bily, P. also collected 5 other specimens.
Oreobolus furcatus observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 2010. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 49 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-09-22.
2026-09-22
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) Lily Stein, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-20
Hawaii, US
(c) Andre Golumbeski, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-28
Hanapepe, HI 96716, USA
(c) Curtis Mahon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-15
Hawaii, US
(c) Lily Stein, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-05-24
Kauai County, US-HI, US
(c) Susan Fawcett, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-03-03
Kauai County, HI, USA
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Oreobolus furcatus. BISH 758374. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956193411. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/758374.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956193411 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026