Family: Araceae

High Risk Traits:

• Elevation range exceeds 1000 m, demonstrating environmental versatility
  
• Thrives in tropical climates
  
• Unpalatable to animals
  
• Contains calcium oxalate crystals; potentially toxic to animals and people if ingested
  
• Reproduces by seeds and vegetatively by offsets
  
• Self-fertile
  
• Seeds dispersed by birds and people

Low Risk Traits:

• No reports of invasiveness or naturalization to date
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
  
• Seeds recalcitrant, and not likely to form a persistent seed bank