Family: Bromeliaceae

High Risk Traits:

• High climate match for tropical/subtropical regions.
  
• History of repeated introductions outside its native range.
  
• Spiny leaves that can deter herbivores or cause injury.
  
• Shade tolerant, enabling establishment in forest understories.
  
• Tolerates a wide range of soil types.
  
• Bird-dispersed fruits facilitate potential spread.
  
• Reproduces vegetatively via offsets ("pups").

Low Risk Traits:

• Not documented as naturalized, weedy, or invasive anywhere.
  
• No known toxins to humans or animals.
  
• Not a known host for significant pests or pathogens.
  
• Requires specialist bird pollinators, limiting seed set.
  
• Low seed production (not prolific).
  
• Propagules lack mechanisms for accidental dispersal (e.g., no hooks, not a contaminant).