Family: Zingiberaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Shade tolerant (can establish in varied light conditions)
  
• Geophyte (spreads vegetatively via rhizomes)
  
• Vegetative fragmentation (readily propagates from clump/rhizome pieces)
  
• Tolerates mutilation (division promotes spread)

Low Risk Traits:

• No naturalized/weed records
  
• No spines, thorns, or burrs
  
• No allelopathic, or toxic properties
  
• Not a fire hazard
  
• Narrow soil/climate requirements (requires fertile, moist, organic soil; not versatile)
  
• Low reproductive output (seeds rarely formed; no prolific seed production)
  
• No seed bank persistence (short seed viability)