Family: Poaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Grows in tropical climates
  
• Naturalized in Australia (but no evidence in Hawaiian Islands to date)
  
• Described as “weedy” in some publications
  
• Other Dactyloctenium species are invasive
  
• Shade tolerant
  
• Tolerates many soil types (but may prefer sandy soils)
  
• Reproduces by seeds and vegetatively by stolons
  
• A perennial, but may reach maturity in one growing season
  
• Seeds dispersed by cattle and humans

Low Risk Traits:

• Despite naturalization and reports of weediness, generally regarded as a desirable lawn or pasture grass
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
  
• Provides fodder for livestock
  
• Herbicides may provide effective control