Family: Myrtaceae
High Risk Traits:
- Grows in tropical and subtropical climates
- Broad climate suitability
- Other Eucalyptus species documented to be invasive
- Allelopathic properties
- Unpalatable to browsing animals
- Host of Puccinia spp. and other pathogens
- Seeds may be wind-dispersed (if produced)
- Able to coppice
Low Risk Traits:
- No reports of naturalization or weediness despite widespread cultivation
- Unarmed
- Non-toxic
- Shade-intolerant
- Limited or no seed set
- Self-incompatible
- Biomass tree for pulp, paper, and fuel
- Herbicides may provide effective control if trees do spread