Invasive & Non-Native Plants in Hawaii
These non-native plants are among the most commonly recorded spreading in Hawaii. Many crowd out the plants local wildlife depends on. The good news: there's a native you can plant instead.
Velvet tree
93,644 sightingsMiconia calvescens · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Hawaii native that fits the same spot.
Purple pampas grass
8,753 sightingsCortaderia jubata · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Hawaii native that fits the same spot.
Poison devil's-pepper
4,987 sightingsRauvolfia vomitoria · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Devil's-pepper (native Rauvolfia)
Ivy gourd
3,823 sightingsCoccinia grandis · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Hawaii native that fits the same spot.
Tahitian screwpine
3,399 sightingsPandanus tectorius · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Hawaii native that fits the same spot.
White leadtree
3,378 sightingsLeucaena leucocephala · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Hawaii native that fits the same spot.
Florida hopbush
3,281 sightingsDodonaea viscosa · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Hawaii native that fits the same spot.
Beach sheoak
2,324 sightingsCasuarina equisetifolia · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Hawaii native that fits the same spot.
Indian mulberry
2,319 sightingsMorinda citrifolia · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Hawaii native that fits the same spot.
Strawberry guava
2,092 sightingsPsidium cattleianum · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Hawaii native that fits the same spot.
Bamboo orchid
2,090 sightingsArundina graminifolia · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Hawaii native that fits the same spot.
Chinese violet
1,911 sightingsAsystasia gangetica · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Hawaii native that fits the same spot.
Kahila garland-lily
1,894 sightingsHedychium gardnerianum · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Hawaii native that fits the same spot.
Pyrrhobryum moss
1,869 sightingsPyrrhobryum spiniforme · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Hawaii native that fits the same spot.
Coconut palm
1,820 sightingsCocos nucifera · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Hawaii native that fits the same spot.