Family: Myrtaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Naturalized in high elevation area of Maui (Hawaiian Islands), California, New Zealand, and the UK
  
• Other Eucalyptus species are invasive
  
• Unpalatable to deer and probably other browsing animals
  
• Flammable; may increase fire risk in natural areas
  
• Reproduces by seeds
  
• Hybridizes with other Eucalyptus species
  
• Dispersed by wind and intentionally by people
  
• Able to coppice and resprout after cutting

Low Risk Traits:

• Native to regions with temperate climate; may only pose risk to high elevations of tropical islands
  
• Naturalized, but no negative impacts documented to date
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
  
• Non-toxic
  
• In native range, restricted to dolerite-derived soils
  
• Not reported to spread vegetatively