Family: Cyatheaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Thrives in subtropical climates
  
• Extremely hardy and environmentally versatile
  
• Other Cyathea species (e.g. C. cooperi) have become invasive
  
• Shade-tolerant
  
• Tolerates many soil conditions (and potentially able to exploit many different habitat types)
  
• Hybridizes with other Cyathea species
  
• Numerous spores dispersed by wind and water and ferns intentionally planted by people
  
• Tolerates fires

Low Risk Traits:

• No reports of naturalization or invasiveness to date
  
• Non-toxic
  
• Landscaping and ornamental value
  
• Long time to reproductive maturity (up to 20 years)