Botanist with the Bishop Museum, based out of Honolulu. 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
Passiflora foetida in Hawai'i:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/258901277

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