Family: Fabaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Elevation range exceeds 1000 m, demonstrating environmental versatility
  
• Thrives in tropical climates
  
• Naturalized in Puerto Rico and possibly Florida
  
• Invades pastures and reduces productivity in Puerto Rico
  
• A potential environmental weed
  
• Other Albizia species have become invasive
  
• Tolerates many soil types
  
• Able to form pure stands in abandoned farms and pastures (Puerto Rico)
  
• Seeds dispersed by wind, possibly internally by animals feeding on pods and intentionally by people
  
• Seeds may persist in the soil and form a persistent seed bank
  
• Able to coppice and resprout after cutting

Low Risk Traits:

• Unarmed (no spines, thorns or burrs)
  
• Provides fodder for livestock
  
• Light-demanding (may not be able to invade intact forests)
  
• Not reported to spread vegetatively
  
• Will not produce seed densities in excess of 1000 seeds/m2
  
• Herbicides may provide effective control