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