Family: Bromeliaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Grows and could spread in regions with tropical climates
  
• Other Tillandsia species have naturalized and 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 naturalization or negative impacts where introduced
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
  
• Non-toxic
  
• Grows best in high light environments (dense shade may inhibit spread)
  
• Slow growing and with a long time to reproductive maturity from seed (12 to 18 years)