Family: Selaginellaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Thrives in tropical climates
  
• Naturalized in many regions in tropical and subtropical America
  
• Naturalized on Hawaii Island
  
• Potential agricultural and environmental weed
  
• Other Selaginella species are invasive
  
• Shade-tolerant
  
• Climbing and smother habit
  
• Forms dense stands in forest understory
  
• Reproduces by wind-dispersed spores
  
• Prolific spore production

Low Risk Traits:

• Despite widespread cultivation and naturalization, negative impacts are rarely documented
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
  
• Non-toxic