Family: Podocarpaceae

Plum pine is a low-maintenance tree that grows into a dense hedge. The nonintrusive roots will not damage streets, driveways or foundations. Plum pine is not flashy, it puts on no striking floral displays. However, it makes a living privacy screen. It doesn’t drop leaves, flowers or fruits, there is no litter to rake or blow away. The maintenance to consider is keeping it to a manageable height.

Plant Uses:

• Hedge
• Privacy / screening
• Windbreak

Plant Dangers:

• No dangers

High Risk Traits:

• Naturalized on O'ahu
  
• Tolerates a wide range of soil conditions (light/sandy, loamy, clay; acid and neutral; well-drained)
  
• Shade tolerant at some stage of its life cycle
  
• Propagules dispersed intentionally by people (ornamental, timber)
  
• Bird-dispersed seeds (also bats)
  
• Propagules survive passage through the gut
  
• Tolerates, or benefits from, mutilation, cultivation, or fire (fire tolerant)

Low Risk Traits:

• No evidence of being a weed (garden, agricultural, or environmental)
  
• No spines, thorns, or burrs
  
• No evidence of toxicity to humans or animals (explicitly stated as not poisonous)
  
• Dioecious (requires both male and female plants for seed production)
  
• Minimum generative time is 8 years (slow to reach maturity)
  
• No evidence of prolific seed production (>1000/m²)
  
• No evidence of a persistent seed bank (>1 year)