Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
Risk Assessments for species
listed on PIER
Risk assessments for species beginning with
the letters "T" and "U":
Scientific Name | Family | Common name | Risk assessment | Country or Area | Score | Recommendation |
Tabebuia aurea | Bignoniaceae | silver trumpet tree | Assessment | Pacific | 3 | low risk* |
Tabebuia berteroi | Bignoniaceae | Hispaniolan rosy trumpet tree | Assessment | Pacific | -4 | low risk |
Tabebuia donnell-smithii |
Bignoniaceae |
gold tree |
Pacific |
-4 |
low risk |
|
Tabebuia heterophylla | Bignoniaceae | pink trumpet tree | Assessment | Pacific | 1 | low risk* |
Tabebuia impetiginosa | Bignoniaceae | mauve tabebuia | Assessment | Pacific | -2 | low risk |
Tabebuia ochracea | Bignoniaceae | golden trumpet tree | Assessment | Pacific | -3 | low risk |
Tabebuia pallida | Bignoniaceae | Cuban pink trumpet-tree | Assessment | Pacific | 11 | high risk |
Tabebuia rosea | Bignoniaceae | rosy trumpet tree | Assessment | Pacific | 3 | evaluate |
Tabernaemontana divaricata | Apocynaceae | crepe jasmine | Assessment | Pacific | -1 | low risk |
Tabernaemontana elegans | Apocynaceae | warty toad tree | Assessment | Pacific | -1 | low risk |
Tabernaemontana sananho | Apocynaceae | uchu sanango | Assessment | U.S. (Florida) | -2 | accept |
Tacca chantrieri | Taccaceae | batflower | Assessment | Pacific | 5 | evaluate |
Tacca leontopetaloides |
Taccaceae |
Polynesian arrowroot |
Pacific |
0 |
low risk |
|
Tagetes minuta | Asteraceae | Aztec marigold | Assessment | Pacific | 20 | high risk |
Talinum paniculatum | Portulacaceae | jewels of Opar | Assessment | Pacific | 16 | high risk |
Talipariti elatum | Malvaceae | blue mahoe | Pacific | 5 | low risk* | |
Talipariti macrophyllum | Malvaceae | largeleaf rosemallow | Assessment | Pacific | 3 | evaluate |
Talisia esculenta | Sapindaceae | pitomba | Assessment | Pacific | -1 | low risk |
Fabaceae |
tamarind |
Pacific |
-3 |
low risk |
||
Tamarix aphylla | Tamaricaceae | Athel tamarisk | Assessment | Pacific | 13 | high risk |
Tamarix gallica | Tamaricaceae | saltcedar | Assessment | Pacific | 8.5 | high risk |
Tamarix parviflora | Tamaricaceae | small flower tamarisk | Assessment | Pacific | 8 | high risk |
Tapeinochilos ananassae | Costaceae | pineapple ginger | Assessment | Pacific | -5 | low risk |
Tarlmounia elliptica | Asteraceae | kheua sa lot | Assessment | Pacific | 6 | evaluate |
Tecoma alata | Bignoniaceae | cahuato | Assessment | Pacific | -3 | low risk |
Bignoniaceae |
cape honeysuckle |
Pacific |
6 |
evaluate |
||
Tecoma guarume | Bignoniaceae | cahuato | Assessment | U.S. (Florida) | 1 | evaluate |
Tecoma stans | Bignoniaceae | yellow bells | Assessment | Pacific | 8 | high risk |
Tecomanthe dendrophila | Bignoniaceae | forest bell creeper | Assessment | Pacific | -1 | low risk |
Tectaria incisa | Dryopteridaceae | incised halberd fern | Assessment | U.S. (Florida) | 2 | accept* |
Tectona grandis |
Verbenaceae |
teak |
Pacific |
-5 |
low risk |
|
Telopea speciosissima | Proteaceae | New South Wales waratah | Assessment | Pacific | -8 | low risk |
Telosma cordata | Apocynaceae | Chinese violet | Assessment | Pacific | -4 | low risk |
Tephrosia candida | Fabaceae | white hoarypea | Assessment | Australia | 11 | reject |
Tephrosia candida | Fabaceae | white hoarypea | Assessment | Pacific | 8 | high risk |
Tephrosia purpurea |
Fabaceae |
pila |
Pacific |
7 |
high risk** |
|
Terminalia catappa | Combretaceae | tropical almond | Assessment | Pacific | 4 | low risk* |
Terminalia ivorensis | Combretaceae | black afara | Assessment | Pacific | 8 | high risk |
Terminalia mantaly | Combretaceae | Madagascar almond | Assessment | Pacific | 3 | low risk* |
Terminalia melanocarpa | Combretaceae | beach almond | Assessment | Pacific | -1 | low risk |
Terminalia myriocarpa | Combretaceae | East Indian almond | Assessment | Pacific | -2 | low risk |
Terminalia randii | Combretaceae | small-leaved terminalia | Assessment | U.S. (Florida) | 2 | evaluate |
Tetragonia tetragonoides | Aizoaceae | New Zealand spinach | Assessment | Pacific | 7 | high risk |
Tetrapanax papyrifer | Araliaceae | rice-paper-plant | Assessment | Pacific | 5 | evaluate |
Tetrapanax papyrifer | Araliaceae | Chinese rice-paper plant | Assessment | U.S. (Florida) | 6 | evaluate |
Tetrastigma leucostaphylum | Vitaceae | Assessment | Pacific | 2 | evaluate | |
Tetrastigma pubinerve | Vitaceae | tetrastigma | Assessment | Pacific | 8 | high risk |
Tetrastigma voinierianum | Vitaceae | lizard plant | Assessment | Pacific | 8 | high risk |
Tetrazygia bicolor | Melastomataceae | Florida clover ash | Assessment | Pacific | 7 | high risk |
Thelypteris beddomei | Thelypteridaceae | Assessment | U.S. (Florida) | 2 | accept* | |
Themedia quadrivalvis | Poaceae | grader grass | Assessment | Australia | 1 | evaluate |
Theobroma cacao |
Sterculiaceae |
cocoa |
Pacific |
-5 |
low risk |
|
Thespesia grandiflora | Malvaceae | maga | Assessment | Pacific | -4 | low risk |
Thespesia populnea | Malvaceae | milo | Assessment | Pacific | 9 | high risk** |
Thespesia populnea | Malvaceae | milo | Assessment | U.S. (Florida) | 13 | reject** |
Thevetia peruviana | Apocynaceae | yellow oleander | Assessment | Pacific | 9 | high risk |
Thevetia thevetioides | Apocynaceae | giant Thevetia | Assessment | Pacific | 1 | low risk* |
Tlaspi arvense | Brassicaceae | pennycress | Assessment | Pacific | 19 | high risk |
Thrinax parviflora |
Arecaceae |
thatch palm |
Pacific |
-6 |
low risk |
|
Thrinax radiata | Arecaceae | Florida thatch palm | Assessment | Pacific | -2 | low risk |
Thunbergia alata | Acanthaceae | black-eyed-susan vine | Assessment | Pacific | 14 | high risk |
Thunbergia erecta |
Acanthaceae |
bush thunbergia |
Pacific |
-2 |
low risk |
|
Thunbergia fragrans | Acanthaceae | white lady | Assessment | Pacific | 9 | high risk |
Thunbergia grandiflora | Acanthaceae | blue trumpet vine | Assessment | Australia | 13 | reject |
Acanthaceae |
blue trumpet vine |
Pacific |
11 |
high risk |
||
Thunbergia laurifolia | Acanthaceae | blue trumpet vine | Assessment | Pacific | 11 | high risk |
Thunbergia mysorensis | Acanthaceae | mysore clock vine | Assessment | Pacific | -6 | low risk |
Thuja x 'Green Giant' | Cupressaceae | green giant | Assessment | Pacific | -14 | low risk |
Thymus vulgaris | Lamiaceae | thyme | Assessment | Pacific | 4 | low risk* |
Tibouchina granulosa | Melastomataceae | purple glorybush | Assessment | Pacific | 8 | high risk |
Tibouchina herbacea | Melastomataceae | cane tibouchina | Assessment | Pacific | 24 | high risk |
Tibouchina longifolia | Melastomataceae | long leaf glory tree | Assessment | Pacific | 3 | evaluate |
Tibouchina multiflora | Melastomataceae | today-tomorrow tibouchina | Assessment | Pacific | -4 | low risk |
Melastomataceae |
glory bush |
Pacific |
10 |
high risk |
||
Tillandsia cyanea |
Bromeliaceae |
pink quill |
Pacific |
-5 |
low risk |
|
Tillandsia usneoides | Bromeliaceae | Spanish moss | Assessment | Pacific | 9 | high risk |
Tipuana tipu |
Fabaceae |
tipu tree |
Pacific |
0 |
low risk |
|
Tithonia diversifolia | Asteraceae | Mexican sunflower | Assessment | Pacific | 17 | high risk |
Toona ciliata | Meliaceae | Australian red cedar | Assessment | Pacific | 12 | high risk |
Topobea parasitica | Melastomataceae | topobea | Assessment | Pacific | 3 | high risk* |
Torilis arvensis | Apiaceae | common Hedge Parsley | Assessment | Pacific | 9 | high risk |
Tournefortia argentea |
Boraginaceae |
tree heliotrope |
Pacific |
4 |
evaluate** |
|
Trachelospermum jasminoides | Apocynaceae | confederate jasmine | Assessment | Pacific | -3 | low risk |
Trachelospermum jasminoides | Apocynaceae | confederate jasmine | Assessment | U.S. (Florida) | -2 | accept |
Tradescantia fluminensis | Commelinaceae | wandering jew | Assessment | Pacific | 17 | high risk |
Tradescantia fluminensis | Commelinaceae | white-flowered wandering jew | Assessment | U.S. (Florida) | 18 | reject |
Tradescantia spathacea | Commelinaceae | boat-lily | Assessment | Pacific | 11 | high risk |
Trevesia palmata | Araliaceae | snowflake tree | Assessment | Pacific | 5 | evaluate |
Triadica sebifera | Euphorbiaceae | Chinese tallow | Assessment | Pacific | 14 | high risk |
Triadica sebifera | Euphorbiaceae | Chinese tallow | Assessment | U.S. (Florida) | 18 | reject |
Tribulus terrestris | Zygophyllaceae | puncture vine | Assessment | Australia | 14 | reject |
Tribulus terrestris | Zygophyllaceae | puncture vine | Assessment | Pacific | 11 | high risk |
Tricyrtis affinis | Liliaceae | Assessment | U.S. (Florida) | 4 | accept* | |
Tridax procumbens | Asteraceae | tridax daisy | Assessment | United States | high risk | |
Triphasia trifolia | Rutaceae | limeberry | Assessment | Pacific | 9 | high risk |
Triplaris weigeltiana | Polygonaceae | long john | Assessment | Pacific | 4 | high risk* |
Tristellateia australasiae | Malpighiaceae | galphimia vine | Assessment | Pacific | -3 | low risk |
Tulipa gesneriana | Liliaceae | Didier's tulip | Assessment | U.S. (Florida) | 3 | accept* |
Tulipa karabachensis | Liliaceae | Assessment | U.S. (Florida) | 1 | accept* | |
Tupistra nutans | Asparagaceae | Assessment | U.S. (Florida) | -1 | accept | |
Turbina corymbosa | Convolvulaceae | turbina | Assessment | Pacific | 15 | high risk |
Turneraceae |
yellow alder |
Pacific |
10 |
high risk |
||
Typha latifolia | Typhaceae | common cattail | Assessment | Pacific | 26 | high risk |
Ulex europaeus | Fabaceae | gorse | Assessment | Australia | 26 | reject |
Ulex europaeus | Fabaceae | gorse | Assessment | Pacific | 20 | high risk |
Ulmus parvifolia | Ulmaceae | Chinese elm | Assessment | Pacific | 12 | high risk |
Ulmus pumila | Ulmaceae | Siberian elm | Assessment | Pacific | 9 | high risk |
Urochloa brizantha | Poaceae | signal grass | Assessment | Australia | 4 | evaluate |
Urochloa decumbens | Poaceae | basilisk signal grass | Assessment | Australia | 10 | reject |
Urochloa humidicola | Poaceae | creeping signal grass | Assessment | Australia | 4 | more information |
Urochloa mutica | Poaceae | para grass | Assessment | Australia | 14 | reject |
Urochloa mutica | Poaceae | para grass | Assessment | Pacific | 12 | high risk |
Urochloa subquadripara | Poaceae | tropical signalgrass | Assessment | U.S. (Florida) | 8 | reject |
*Accepted or rejected based on
second screen.
**Native or early introduction in the Pacific region (excluding Hawaii).
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This page updated 14 December 2012