Family: Araucariaceae
High Risk Traits:
- Grows in temperate to subtropical climates
- Potentially allelopathic
- May be a host of and susceptible to several fungal pathogens
- Shade-tolerant
- Reproduces by seeds and potentially by root suckering
- Reported to be self-compatible
- Seeds dispersed by wind, water and intentionally by people
- Coppices frequently
Low Risk Traits:
- No reports of invasiveness or naturalization, but limited evidence of widespread introduction outside native range
- Unarmed (no spines, thorns or burrs)
- Non-toxic
- Slow-growing; reaches reproductive maturity in 5+ years