Family: Cactaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Naturalized in Hawaiian Island, Florida, Puerto Rico and elsewhere
  
• Sometimes spiny
  
• Tolerates many soil conditions (and potentially able to exploit many different habitat types)
  
• Can form thickets
  
• Spreads vegetatively

Low Risk Traits:

• Ornamental value
  
• Edible fruit and cladodes (stem segments) for both people and animals
  
• Pollinated by hummingbirds (seed set may be low in areas lacking appropriate birds)
  
• Despite ability to spread, no negative impacts have been documented