North of the "Pisonia" forest, a band of open shrubland with some trees extends from the resort to the island's eastern tip. Octopus bush ("Heliotropium foertherianum") and sea cabbage ("Scaevola taccada") form the major bush cover, while "Abutilon" and "Melanthera" are the characteristic ground plants. The trees here are mainly "Pandanus", but also "Celtis", the she-oak "Casuarina equisetifolia" ssp. "incana", "Ficus", bay cedar ("Suriana maritima"). Herbs—mainly the parasitic vine "Cassytha filiformis" as well as "Euphorbia tannensis" ssp. "eremophila" and grasses (mainly Pacific island thintail, "Lepturus repens" var. "subulatus") are abundant.