Family: Bromeliaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Suited to tropical/subtropical climates
  
• Native to tropical regions (Brazil)
  
• History of repeated introductions (ornamental trade)
  
• Spiny leaf tips and margins
  
• Shade tolerant
  
• Tolerates a wide range of soils
  
• Berries likely bird-dispersed
  
• Reproduces vegetatively (offsets)
  
• Intentionally dispersed by people

Low Risk Traits:

• Not naturalized or invasive
  
• Does not form dense thickets or climb
  
• Requires specialist pollinators (hummingbirds)
  
• Slow generative time (6+ years to flower from seed)
  
• Low seed production
  
• No persistent seed bank
  
• Not dispersed by wind or water
  
• No evidence of unintentional dispersal