Family: Proteaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Elevation range exceeds 1000 m, demonstrating environmental versatility
  
• Grows in tropical climates
  
• Naturalized in the Hawaiian Islands and several other locations worldwide
  
• Potential pasture weed
  
• Environmental weed
  
• Grevillea banksii also invasive
  
• Allelopathic
  
• Allergenic sawdust and pollen
  
• Tolerates many soil types
  
• Capable of forming dense stands
  
• Reproduces by seed
  
• Seeds dispersed by wind, water and intentionally by people
  
• Prolific seed production (densities unknown)
  
• Able to coppice and resprout after cutting

Low Risk Traits:

• Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
  
• Palatable to goats and used as a livestock fodder
  
• Ornamental
  
• Light-demanding (Shade-intolerant)
  
• Not reported to spread vegetatively
  
• Self-incompatible
  
• Reaches maturity in 6+ years
  
• Herbicides may provide effective control