Family: Cucurbitaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Naturalized outside native range (e.g., Hawaii, Pacific)
  
• Environmental and agricultural weed
  
• Climbing, smothering growth habit
  
• Spreads via tubers and vegetative fragments
  
• Bird-dispersed seeds
  
• High seed production
  
• Difficult to control with herbicides
  
• Intentionally planted

Low Risk Traits:

• No spines, thorns, or burrs
  
• Non-toxic to humans and animals
  
• No allelopathy or parasitism
  
• Not wind- or water-dispersed