Family: Arecaceae
High Risk Traits:
- Thrives in tropical climates
- Elevation range exceeds 1000 m
- Naturalized
- Weedy
- Potential environmental weed
- Other Phoenix species have become invasive
- Spiny
- Possible mild allergen
- Tolerates many soil types
- Forms dense thickets
- Produces bird and mammal-dispersed seeds
- Hybridizes with other Phoenix species
- Can spread vegetatively from suckers
- Seeds may also be dispersed by water in riparian habitats
Low Risk Traits:
- Palatable to animals
- Non-toxic
- Ornamental
- Herbicides may provide effective control