Family: Aspleniaceae
High Risk Traits:
- Grows in subtropical climates
- Described as a greenhouse escape
- Shade-tolerant
- Tolerates many soil types
- Reproduces by spores and vegetatively by bulbils
- Hybridizes with other Asplenium species
- Spores wind and possibly water-dispersed; water may be able to disperse bulbils
Low Risk Traits:
- No reports of invasiveness or naturalization
- Unarmed (no spines, thorns or burrs)
- Palatable to browsing and grazing animals
- Non-toxic
- Ornamental