Family: Fabaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Shade-tolerant (can invade understories)
  
• Nitrogen-fixing (can alter soil nutrients)
  
• Allelopathic potential (lab evidence only)
  
• Intentionally spread by people (ornamental)

Low Risk Traits:

• No naturalization reported
  
• No spines, toxicity, or pest host status
  
• Not a vine, thicket-former, or fire hazard
  
• Large seeds – no wind, bird, animal, or accidental dispersal
  
• Low seed production and low viability (no persistent seed bank)
  
• Weak coppicing; no vegetative reproduction