Notes on Botany and Condition of the Vegetation from POBSP Field Reports on Lisianski 
Feb.14 
Mar.12 -13, 
1963 
1963 
Mar.11-12 
1964 
Aug.21-23 
1964 
Sept. 18 
1964 
Mar.12-14 
1965 
July 14-17 
1965 
June l6-19 
1966 
Plants collected by Alan Young, botanist, University of Hawaii. 
The island's vegetation was less lush than in July last year, 
when Crossin was last on the island. Scaevola t^ccada was 
greatly reduced in height and dead and decadent plants were fairly common. Abundant 
growth of black organism, probably a blue-green alga, and numerous scale insects 
were found on the Scaevola, but these were not likely the casue of decadence. Salt 
water and drought were more likely to blame. Other species found dead or decadent 
included Sicyos hispidus and Tribulus cistoides. All species of plants were in some 
stage of bloom and most had both 
