Family: Araucariaceae
High Risk Traits:
- High climate match for tropical and subtropical regions.
- Frequently introduced outside its native range for forestry.
- Seeds are wind-dispersed.
- High seed production per cone.
Low Risk Traits:
- Not documented as naturalized, weedy, or invasive anywhere.
- Lacks negative traits: not toxic, thorny, allelopathic, or a fire hazard.
- Not a broad soil generalist; prefers specific, well-drained soils.
- No persistent seed bank; seeds lose viability quickly.
- Slow maturation; takes ~20 years to produce first seeds.
- Not dispersed by water, birds, or animals.