English: Scaevola (in Hawaii "beach naupaka") bushes, may look like an invasive species but they are not. Manra (formerly Sydney) Island Island, Phoenix Islands, Kiribati. Original field notes: Scaevola is an Indo-Pacific-wide beach species, highly tolerant to salt and wind. On some equatorial atolls and coral islands, they form impenetrable barriers around the island rim. This is also true on Nikumaroro (Gardner) Atoll, where Americans still seek the remains of Amelia Earhart.