Family: Magnoliaceae
High Risk Traits:
- Able to grow in >5 hardiness zones in temperate climates
- Naturalized in Ohio and possibly New Zealand
- Unpalatable to deer
- Possibly Shade-tolerant
- Tolerates many soil types
- Seeds dispersed by birds and intentionally by people
- Limited self-compatibility (although reduced seed set)
- Hybridizes with other Magnolia species
- May form a persistent seed bank
- Able to coppice and resprout after cutting
Low Risk Traits:
- May be able to naturalize only in higher, cooler elevations in tropical islands
- Despite naturalization, no negative impacts documented
- Unarmed (no spines, thorns or burrs)
- Non-toxic
- Ornamental
- Requires beetle for effective pollination
- Does not spread vegetatively
- Reaches maturity in >4 years
- Does not seed prolifically