Botanist with the Bishop Museum, currently also working on finishing up my graduate research at UH Mānoa. My research focuses on invasive grasses and their history and distribution across the islands of Hawai'i. I have general knowledge of most plant diversity and a specific interest in grasses and sedges. Feel free to tag me to ask for any sort of ID. Also, if I disagreed with you on an ID, just tag me and ask why.

My hawaiian grass resources & atlas site: http://mauu.net

Help ID these plants! https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?reviewed=any&per_page=60&order_by=updated_at&place_id=68200&without_taxon_id=311249%2C68200%2C50863%2C57774%2C64615%2C67852&taxon_id=47126&ident_user_id=kevinfaccenda&lrank=order

Useful links:
identify non-contiental oceanian (exclude australia, malesia, NZ and nearby islands)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?per_page=60&order_by=updated_at&taxon_id=211194&place_id=97393&not_in_place=6966,6803,7013,7083,7082,7081,6744,68200

Things which have NEVER been ID'd (solves the annoying problem of bacteria and viruses showing up as "unknown")
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?per_page=60&iconic_taxa=unknown&order_by=random&order=asc&identified=false
https://www.inaturalist.org/identifications?user_id=kevinfaccenda&category=maverick
https://www.inaturalist.org/stats/2022/kevinfaccenda

key to some hawaiian grasses
http://www.aecos.com/CPIE/GrassKey_Page_1.html
key to hawaiian ferns
https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/ferns_of_the_hawaiian_islands/ferns-of-the-hawaiian-islands.html
plants of haleakala
https://www.nps.gov/hale/learn/nature/upload/Crater-Aeolian-Desert_small-1.pdf
Passiflora "ciliata" in hawai'i:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/103187204

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