Family: Arecaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Grows in subtropical to Mediterranean climates
  
• Shade-tolerant
  
• Forms dense stands in native range
  
• Tolerates many soil types
  
• Seeds dispersed by birds and intentionally by people

Low Risk Traits:

• No reports of invasiveness or naturalization
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns or burrs)
  
• Palatable to grazing animals
  
• Ornamental
  
• Not reported to spread vegetatively
  
• Slow growing and long time to reproductive maturity
  
• Seeds unlikely to be inadvertently dispersed