Family: Rosaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Can grow in upper elevation tropical climates
  
• Elevation range exceeds 1000 m, demonstrating environmental versatility
  
• Naturalized in upper elevations of Maui, and Hawaii (Hawaiian Islands), and elsewhere
  
• An environmental weed in forest reserves of Hawaii
  
• Related Photinia species may be invasive
  
• Host of fireblight pathogen
  
• Tolerates some shade
  
• Tolerates many soil types
  
• Reported to form dense thickets in higher elevations of Hawaiian Islands
  
• Self-compatible
  
• Fleshy-fruited with seeds dispersed by birds and mammals
  
• Tolerates frequent pruning

Low Risk Traits:

• May require cold stratification for seeds to germinate
  
• Possible long time to reproductive maturity
  
• Not known to spread vegetatively
  
• Herbicide imazapyr provides effective control