Family: Fabaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Naturalized outside native range within Australia
  
• Regarded as weedy and aggressive where naturalized and cultivated in Australia
  
• Related species have become invasive
  
• Shade-tolerant
  
• Tolerates many soil types
  
• Smothering growth habit
  
• Reproduces by seeds
  
• Seeds dispersed by ants, possibly water and intentionally by people
  
• Seeds able to be stored for extended periods; May form a persistent seed bank
  
• May be able to resprout after cutting or pruning
  
• Limited ecological information reduces accuracy of risk prediction

Low Risk Traits:

• Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
  
• Palatable to browsing animals
  
• Non-toxic
  
• Ornamental