Family: Fabaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Elevation range exceeds 1000 m, demonstrating environmental versatility
  
• Thrives in tropical climates
  
• Naturalized in the Hawaiian Islands and elsewhere
  
• Weed of lawns and landscaping
  
• Agricultural weed of several crops
  
• Possible environmental weed
  
• Other Mimosa species are invasive
  
• Sparsely to densely prickly
  
• Potentially allelopathic
  
• Contains mimosine, which may be toxic to livestock
  
• Alternate host of nematodes
  
• Tolerates many soil types
  
• May form dense cover
  
• Reproduces by seeds
  
• Able to reach maturity in <1 year
  
• Seeds dispersed externally on clothing and fur, as a contaminant in soil and sand, and also by water
  
• Seeds survive gut passage if consumed by animals
  
• Prolific seed production
  
• Seeds viable for years, with potential to form a persistent seed bank

Low Risk Traits:

• Provides fodder for livestock (palatable despite reports of toxicity)
  
• Ornamental, medicinal and novelty uses