Family: Poaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Repeated introductions outside native range (US: FL, OR, CA, AZ, HI, TX)
  
• Tolerates a wide range of soil conditions (acidic to mildly alkaline)
  
• Produces viable seed
  
• Reproduces vegetatively by rhizomes (clumping, can be divided)
  
• Intentionally dispersed by people (ornamental value)
  
• Grows in tropical/subtropical climates (native range matches)

Low Risk Traits:

• No evidence of naturalization or weediness (garden, agricultural, environmental)
  
• No congeneric weeds
  
• No spines, thorns, or burrs
  
• Not allelopathic or parasitic