the vegetation we might expect the recovery to take longer due to the 
concomitant movement of substrates. 
Thirteen species of Vascular plants have been recorded from Lisianski 
Island. Vascular plants have been collected by the following: G. P. Wilder, 
May 1923; F. C. Sibley, June 1963 ; A. Young, August 19&J-; and C. B. Long, 
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September 1964-. These collections are housed in herbariums of the United 
States National Museum (USNM), the B. P. Bishop Museum (BISH), and the 
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University of Hawaii (UH). 
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Gr amine ae 
Eragrostis variabilis (Gaud.) Steud. 
Wilder 5,7 (BISH)y Young 132 (UK), Long 2316 (UH). Found on most of 
the inner portions of the island commonly with BoerhaVia and Ipomoea in the 
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central open area and in open Scaevola thickets. Often in pure local stands 
above the beach. Seedlings common especially on sand mounds on the interior 
as the result of shearwater burrowing. 
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Cocos nucifera L. 
Two trees on the east side were observed in 196 ^. 
Casuarinaceae 
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Casuarina eguisetifolia L. 
Sibley 100 (USNM), Young 133 (UH). Four trees were observed in 1964. 
V. 
One was dead on the southwest side. Used as a perch by fairy terns, boobies. 
noddies and frigatebirds. 
