Family: Fabaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Grows in maritime, Mediterranean climates
  
• Reported to be naturalized and/or a weed but evidence is inconclusive
  
• From fire-prone ecosystem. May increase fire risk in introduced range.
  
• Tolerates many soil types
  
• Forms dense stands (following fires) in native range
  
• N-fixing (may alter soil chemistry)
  
• Reproduces by seeds
  
• Seeds dispersed by gravity, internally by primates, people and possibly by water
  
• Seeds form a persistent, long-lived seed bank (up to 230 years)

Low Risk Traits:

• Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
  
• Non-toxic
  
• Ornamental
  
• Not reported to spread vegetatively
  
• Seeds with limited dispersal ability