Family: Poaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Thrives in tropical climates
  
• Can grow from sea level to 1400 m elevation
  
• Produces viable seeds that may be dispersed by gravity, wind or people
  
• Will resprout after repeated cutting or harvesting of shoots and culms (may be difficult to remove from unwanted areas)

Low Risk Traits:

• No negative impacts have been documented
  
• Non-toxic
  
• Edible shoots
  
• Landscaping and ornamental value
  
• A sympodial, or clumping bamboo
  
• Flowering occurs in plants that are 50+ years old
  
• Lack of seed production until end of long life cycle