Family: Bromeliaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Grows in tropical climates
  
• Related Bromelia species have become invasive
  
• Spiny-leaved plant
  
• Sap can cause dermatitis and may be poisonous if ingested
  
• Spines deter browsing by animals
  
• Tolerates many soil types
  
• Can from dense thickets that exclude other vegetation
  
• Spreads vegetatively by suckering and seeds
  
• Seeds mammals and bird-dispersed

Low Risk Traits:

• No reports of naturalization or invasiveness to date (although plants may persist in cultivation)
  
• Used as a barrier plant
  
• Fruit are edible
  
• Plants are self-incompatible
  
• Pollinated by hummingbirds