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National Park of American Samoa
Checklist of the Higher Plants and Ferns
 
Native orchids are commonplace in the park's montane forest.
NPS photo by Tavita Togia.
Native orchids are commonplace in the park's montane forest.

Click here to use the Checklist of the park's Higher Plants and Ferns.  This is the current list of park plants, and has some illustrations.

The species lists are kept at the Pacific Islands Cooperative Ecosystems Study Unit (PI CESU), University of Hawaii.  The National Park Service is an active member of the PI CESU.

At the species lists checklists there is a link to return to the park website at the bottom left footnote.

E-mail us with comments or corrections.

 Lined tang button
Fish Inventory
Lots of pictures of our local fishes
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 Coral head button
Coral Inventory
More than 200 species, many illustrated
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sea slug
Marine Invertebrates,
illustrated list
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noddy tern
Natural History Guide to the Park
The on-line version of our latest book
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Collared kingfisher closeup  

Did You Know?
The local kingfisher of Samoa, the collared kingfisher, very seldom preys on fishes. Insects are its principal food and it can often be seen perched in a tree or on a tlelphone wire scanning the ground for insects.

Last Updated: March 25, 2008 at 13:55 EST