ʻIke Laʻau & Iʻa: Knowledge about Flora and Fauna

PLANTS

La’au Hawai’i / Hawaiian Plants:  Bishop Museum Ethnobotany Database

Plants! Pictures! Hawaiian names! Scientific names! Information!

Nā Lei o Hawaiʻi

A wonderful resource on lei making and lei lore presented by master lei maker and ethnobotanist Leilehua Yuen.

Edible Limu of Hawaiʻi . . . Gifts from the Sea / Ka uluwehi o ke kai

An illustrated poster from the Univ. of Hawaiʻi Dept. of Botany

ReefWatcherʻs Field Guide to Alien and Native Hawaiian Marine Algae

Another excellent illustrated guide from the Univ. of Hawaiʻi Dept. of Botany

MARINE LIFE

Marinelifephotograph.com

Galleries of exquisite photographs from a professional photographer offering his work for purchase. Topics include fishes, invertebrates, corals, seaweeds, marine mammals, sea turtles, birds, plants & flowers

Hawaii Seafood

An orientation to the seafood industry, this site includes great identification guides.

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