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20 Flora: According to the applicant's Environmental Report, the property is almost <br /> entirely covered with grass and stands of koa haole Plant species found in the area are <br /> common, mostly alien, species (1) trees such as kiawe, kukut, African tulip, Wont and <br /> monkeypod; (2) shrubs such as koa-haole, Christmas berry, klu, castor bean and <br /> Sodom apple; and (3) common herbs such as Bermuda grass, spiny ptgweed, four- <br /> ; o'clock, beggar's tick, Sacramento bur, goose grass, heliotrope, sow thistle, rattle pod, <br /> finger grass, crab grass, and sand bur. Bindweed, coccinea, and koali awaht'a <br /> represent the vine types. Of the native plant species found in the vicinity, many are <br /> weedy varieties and are able to compete in the face of disturbance or invasion of other <br /> weeds. None of the plant species are classified as rare or endangered <br /> 21 Fauua: According to the applicant's Environmental Report, faunal studies conducted <br /> in the protect vicimty have observed no resident endemic or indigenous bird species. <br /> Species observed in the area include the Japanese White-Eye, Yellow-Billed Cardinal, <br /> Zebra Dove, Common Myna, House Sparrow, and House Finch Mammals common <br /> to the area are Mongoose and feral cats and dogs No endangered species were <br /> observed. The Hawaiian Hoary Bat, a spectes listed by both the Federal and State <br /> governments as endangered, has been observed offshore in the Kona area a number of <br /> tunes but its presence has not been observed or documented in or around the protect <br /> site <br /> <br /> 22 Historic and Archaeological Resources: An archaeological inventory survey with <br /> subsurface testing report was conducted by Archaeological Consultants of the Pacific, <br /> Inc ,dated July, 2000 The inventory survey states that "Two sites of significance to <br /> the interests of historic preservation, Sites 22079 and 19651, were present on the <br /> current subtect property Stte 22079 consisted of twenty-six features. Based on <br /> investigations conducted at these features, tt is believed that they were utilized for <br /> historic and possible pre-Contact agricultural functions which ltkely continued from the <br /> pre-Contact period through the post-Contact period This site qualified to be <br /> considered significant under Criterion D (site has yielded, or is ltkely to yield, <br /> information important in prehistory or history) However, upon completion of the <br /> -5- <br /> <br />