Family: Cyperaceae
High Risk Traits:
- Elevation range exceeds 1000 m, demonstrating environmental versatility
- Thrives in tropical climates
- Naturalized on Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, and Hawaii (Hawaiian Islands)
- Disturbance-adapted weed with negative environmental impacts in native forest
- Other Rhynchospora species have become invasive
- Unpalatable to grazing animals
- Reproduces by seeds and possibly by rhizomes
- Seeds dispersed externally and by water
- Limited ecological information may limit accuracy or risk assessment
Low Risk Traits:
- Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
- Non-toxic