Family: Amaranthaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Broad climate suitability
  
• Grows in tropical climates
  
• Tolerates many soil types
  
• May form dense stands within native range (unknown if able to exclude other vegetation)
  
• Reproduces by seeds
  
• Able to reach maturity in <1 year
  
• Seeds dispersed by wind and intentionally by people
  
• Gaps in biological and ecological information may reduce accuracy of risk prediction

Low Risk Traits:

• No reports of invasiveness or naturalization, but unclear if widely introduced outside native range
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns or burrs)
  
• Provides fodder for livestock
  
• Ornamental
  
• Not reported to spread vegetatively
  
• Seed viability may be low