Family: Fabaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Elevation range exceeds 1000 m, demonstrating environmental versatility
  
• Thrives in tropical climates
  
• Naturalized in Puerto Rico, and possibly elsewhere
  
• Spiny
  
• Wood may cause dermatitis
  
• Tolerates many soil types
  
• Reported to form dense stands in native range
  
• Reproduces by seeds
  
• Seed dispersal vectors may be limited (uncertain)
  
• Able to coppice and resprout after cutting
  
• Limited ecological information lowers accuracy of risk prediction

Low Risk Traits:

• No reports of negative environmental impacts in introduced range
  
• Ornamental
  
• May only thrive in high light environments (i.e. full sun)
  
• Not reported to spread vegetatively