Family: Fabaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Tolerates heavy cutting/mutilation
  
• Persistent seed bank (hard seed coat)
  
• Intentionally spread by people (widely cultivated)
  
• Produces viable seed
  
• Fast generation time (can be grown as an annual)
  
• Nearly extinct in the wild (relies on cultivation)

Low Risk Traits:

• No confirmed naturalization
  
• Narrow climate range (not tropical/subtropical)
  
• Not shade tolerant
  
• Requires well-drained, sandy soil
  
• No spines, thorns, or burrs
  
• No toxicity, allelopathy, or allergenicity
  
• Low seed production
  
• No wind, water, or animal dispersal adaptations
  
• No vegetative fragmentation