1. Conservation of Hawaii
Most native plants are also unique and found nowhere else, including 96% of the flowering plants and 65% of the ferns (Wilcove 1999). ... Exotic plants also came in great numbers with Europeans. Many were easily able to replace native species, and today almost half of the free-living flowering plant species in Hawaii are non-native (Wilson 2002). ... They uproot many rare plant species when searching for worms and grubs in the soil, including small trees. ... Rats prey on the eggs of rare birds, and both rats and mice also have a voracious appetite for plant seeds. ...
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