Family: Bromeliaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Broad climate suitability and elevation range
  
• Thrives and spreads in regions with tropical climates
  
• Naturalized in Florida
  
• Other Tillandsia species have become invasive
  
• Reproduces by wind-dispersed seeds, and intentionally cultivated by people
  
• May hybridize with other species
  
• Propagated by offsets; may be able to spread vegetatively

Low Risk Traits:

• Widely cultivated with no evidence of negative impacts where introduced
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
  
• Non-toxic
  
• Grows best in high light environments (dense shade may inhibit spread)
  
• An outcrossing species
  
• Presumably pollinated by hummingbirds and possibly insects, but pollinator limitation suspected of limiting seed set outside native range