Hawaiian tropical low shrublands

These shrublands cover an area of in the leeward lowlands of the main islands and most of the smaller islands, not including the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands which form an ecoregion of their own. ==Flora==

The ecoregion includes both grasslands and mixed shrublands. Kāwelu (Eragrostis variabilis), mauu akiaki (Fimbristylis cymosa), akiaki (Sporobolus virginicus), and Lepturus repens are common grassland plants. Shrublands are dominated by ilima (Sida fallax), aalii (Dodonaea viscosa), naupaka (Scaevola spp.), hinahina kū kahakai (Heliotropium anomalum var. argenteum), kīpūkai (Heliotropium curassavicum), mao (Gossypium tomentosum), akoko (Euphorbia spp.), āheahea (Chenopodium oahuense), naio (Myoporum sandwicense), kolokolo kahakai (Vitex rotundifolia), and pūkiawe (Styphelia tameiameiae). āwiwi (Schenkia sebaeoides), and wahine noho kula (Isodendrion pyrifolium). ==Protected areas==

Protected areas that cover part of the ecoregion include Koko Head District Park, Diamond Head, Mākua Kea'au Forest Reserve, Ka'ena Point State Park, and Kuaokala Forest Reserve on Oahu. ==See also==