Family: Asparagaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Broad soil tolerance: Adaptable to clay, sand, acidic, and alkaline soils.
  
• Toxic to animals: Documented as toxic to dogs; bark ingestion linked to dog deaths.
  
• Intentional dispersal: Widely cultivated and sold as an ornamental.
  
• Bird-dispersed seeds: Berries are likely spread by birds.
  
• Seed survival: Seeds adapted to survive passage through animal guts.
  
• Vegetative regrowth: Resprouts after damage or cutting.

Low Risk Traits:

• No weed history: No evidence of being a weed elsewhere.
  
• No congeneric weeds: Other Dracaena species are not problematic.
  
• No harmful physical traits: Lacks spines, thorns, burrs; not a climber or parasite.
  
• Rarely reproduces by seed: Cultivar rarely flowers or sets seed.
  
• Specialist pollination: Requires moths, unlikely to reproduce sexually in many areas.
  
• Non-toxic to humans: No evidence of toxicity or allergies.
  
• Pest resistant: Long-term health unaffected by pests.