Family: Podocarpaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Can grow in temperate to subtropical climates
  
• Possibly allelopathic
  
• Moderately flammable
  
• Tolerates many soil types
  
• Forms dense stands in native range
  
• Seeds dispersed by birds and intentionally by people
  
• Seeds may persist in the soil for 2 years

Low Risk Traits:

• No reports of invasiveness or naturalization, but no evidence of widespread introduction outside native range
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns or burrs)
  
• Palatable to browsing animals
  
• Non-toxic
  
• Ornamental
  
• Dioecious
  
• Not reported to spread vegetatively
  
• Long time to reproductive maturity