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    Scaevola taccada, also known as beach cabbage, sea lettuce, or beach naupaka, is a flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae found in mangrove swamps...
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    Scaevola taccada (Gaertn.) Roxb. Scaevola tahitensis Carlquist Scaevola tenuifolia Carolin Scaevola thesioides Benth. Scaevola tomentosa Gaudich. Scaevola tortuosa...
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    described the land area of Diego Garcia as having a littoral hedge of Scaevola taccada, while inland, Cocos nucifera (coconut) was the most dominant tree...
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    coastal margins and include ahu awa (Cyperus javanicus), naupaka (Scaevola taccada), and ilima (Sida fallax). Invasive plants which dominate the slopes...
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    papaya (Carica papaya), pandanus (Pandanus tectorius), salt bush (Scaevola taccada), Premna serratifolia, Tournefortia samoensis, zebra wood (Guettarda...
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    these only became established in the 20th century. Beach naupaka (Scaevola taccada) is the most common shrub on Kiritimati; beach naupaka scrub dominates...
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    tolerate drought and salt spray. Sedges of genus Cyperus and the shrub Scaevola taccada are the most common. In the Laccadive Islands the low tree Argusia...
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    diameter. The seeds do not disperse from the fruit. Scaevola plumieri is similar to Scaevola taccada – both were included in the original circumscription...
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    hyacinth). Native plants such as ilima (Sida fallax), naupaka kahakai (Scaevola taccada), and pōhuehue (Ipomoea pes-caprae brasiliensis) were found in the...
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    the beach crest, which is slightly more protected from the tides. Scaevola taccada, Pemphis acidula, Tournefortia argentea, and Guettarda speciosa are...
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    has a wide variety of vegetation including groves of Beach Naupaka (Scaevola taccada), which are a popular habitat for birds. Another type of tree on Green...
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    bijuga, Morinda citrifolia, Podocarpus neriifolius, Santalum insulare, Scaevola taccada, Schleinitzia insularum, Terminalia catappa, Terminalia littoralis...
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    Pandanus tectorius, Cordia subcordata, Guettarda speciosa, and the shrubs Scaevola taccada, Suriana maritima, and Pemphis acidula. These plants have adapted to...
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    groves and coastal shrubs such as Pemphis acidula, Cordia subcordata, Scaevola taccada, Thespesia populnea, Suriana maritima, Dodonaea viscosa, Guettarda...
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    eastern tip. Octopus bush (Heliotropium foertherianum) and sea cabbage (Scaevola taccada) form the major bush cover, while Abutilon and Melanthera are the characteristic...
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    brittoniana, R. tweediana, R. caerulea, R. simplex) Salvinia minima Scaevola taccada Schinus terebinthifolius - possibly native Scleria lacustris Scleria...
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    nested in any shelter that seemed convenient, such as naupaka kahakai (Scaevola taccada ) thickets and pōhuehue (Ipomoea pes-caprae subsp. brasiliensis) stands...
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    akiʻaki (Sporobolus virginicus), ilima (Sida fallax), naupaka kahakai (Scaevola taccada), and pili (Heteropogon contortus). Off-road vehicles, wildfires, grazing...
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    occasional taller trees. The understory typically comprises beach maupaka (Scaevola taccada), or sparse endemic bunchgrass, ʻihi (Portulaca molokiniensis), ʻilima...
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    Traditionally, dessert banana plants and local wild beach flora such as Scaevola taccada and Ipomoea pes-caprae were used as humidity-supplying green undergrowth...
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    argentia (heliotrope tree) dominated scrublands exist in association with Scaevola taccada (beach cabbage), Cordia subcordata (sea trumpet), and Pisonia grandis...
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    Tropical coastline vegetation in Maui with Scaevola taccada bush in the foreground...
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    subcordata, and Guettarda speciosa, and the shrubs Morinda citrifolia, Scaevola taccada, Suriana maritima, and Pemphis acidula. The driest and lowest islands...
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    reynaudiana), seaside-mahoe (Thespesia populnea) and beach naupaka (Scaevola taccada) have covered much of the island. In 1994 the Biscayne Bay Environmental...
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    coastal limestone outcrops with several other plants, including nanaso (Scaevola taccada), talisai ganu (Terminalia samoensis), paodedo (Hedyotis strigulosa)...
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  • flowering plant species that is endemic to coastal areas of California Scaevola taccada, also known as the 'beach cabbage', a terrestrial flowering plant species...
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  • virgata, Bischofia javanica, etc.), small trees (Maytenus diversifolia, Scaevola taccada, Wikstroemia retusa), shade trees (Artocarpus altilis, Ficus lyrata...
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    predominant, along with Pandanus tectorius, Hibiscus tiliaceus, and Scaevola taccada. IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group.; Botanic Gardens Conservation...
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  • the coast amidst vegetation dominated by Heliotropium arboreum and Scaevola taccada. At one time found around Cape Higashi-hennazaki on Miyako-jima, on...
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    including Pandanus tectorius, Syzygium dealbatum, Hibiscus tiliaceus, and Scaevola taccada. Littoral forests of Hernandia nymphaeifolia, Barringtonia asiatica...
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