Risk assessments for PIER listed species

Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)

Risk Assessments for species listed on PIER

Information on Risk Assessments

Scientific Name	Family	Common name	Risk assessment	Country or Area	Score	Recommendation
Abutilon theophrasti	Malvaceae	velvet leaf	Assessment	Australia	15	reject
Acacia auriculiformis	Fabaceae	earleaf acacia	Assessment	Pacific	13	high risk
Acacia confusa	Fabaceae	Formosan koa	Assessment	Pacific	10	high risk
*Acacia crassicarpa*	Fabaceae	northern wattle	Assessment	Pacific	7	high risk
Acacia farnesiana	Fabaceae	fragrant acacia	Assessment	Pacific	14	high risk
Acacia longifolia	Fabaceae	Sydney golden wattle	Assessment	Pacific	10	high risk
Acacia mangium	Fabaceae	mangium	Assessment	Pacific	8	high risk
Acacia mearnsii	Fabaceae	black wattle	Assessment	Pacific	15	high risk
Acacia melanoxylon	Fabaceae	blackwood acacia	Assessment	Pacific	12	high risk
Acacia nilotica	Fabaceae	black thorn	Assessment	Australia	13	reject
Acacia nilotica	Fabaceae	black thorn	Assessment	Pacific	14	high risk
Acacia parramattensis	Fabaceae	Parramatta green wattle	Assessment	Pacific	9	high risk
Acoelorraphe wrightii	Arecaceae	Everglades palm	Assessment	Pacific	2	evaluate
Adenanthera pavonina	Fabaceae	red bead tree	Assessment	Pacific	7	high risk
Aeschynomene americana	Fabaceae	American joint vetch	Assessment	Pacific	12	high risk
Ageratina riparia	Asteraceae	mistflower	Assessment	Australia	26	reject
*Aglaonema commutatum*	Araceae	Aglaonema	Assessment	Pacific	1	low risk*
Ailanthus altissima	Simaroubaceae	tree of heaven	Assessment	Australia	12	reject
Ajuga reptans	Lamiaceae	common bugleweed	Assessment	Pacific	11	high risk
*Albizia chinensis*	Fabaceae	Chinese albizia	Assessment	Pacific	8	high risk
Albizia lebbeck	Fabaceae	woman's-tongue tree	Assessment	Australia	4	more information
Albizia lebbeck	Fabaceae	woman's-tongue tree	Assessment	Pacific	7	high risk
Aleurites moluccana	Euphorbiaceae	candlenut tree	Assessment	Pacific	12	high risk
Alocasia cucullata	Araceae	dwarf elephant ear	Assessment	Pacific	9	high risk
Alpinia purpurata	Zingiberaceae	red ginger	Assessment	Pacific	4	evaluate
Alternanthera philoxeroides	Amaranthaceae	alligator weed	Assessment	Australia	22	reject
Alternanthera pungens	Amaranthaceae	khaki weed	Assessment	Australia	17	reject
Alysicarpus vaginalis	Fabaceae	alyce clover	Assessment	Australia	5	evaluate
Amaranthus dubius	Amaranthaceae	southern pigweed	Assessment	Australia	14	reject
Anacardium occidentale	Anacardiaceae	cashew	Assessment	Pacific	0	low risk
Andropogon gayanus	Poaceae	gamba grass	Assessment	Australia	8	reject
Andropogon virginicus	Poaceae	broomsedge	Assessment	Australia	13	reject
Angiopteris evecta	Marattiaceae	giant fern	Assessment	Pacific	7	high risk
Annona cherimola	Annonaceae	cherimoya	Assessment	Pacific	-4	low risk
Annona muricata	Annonaceae	soursop	Assessment	Pacific	-3	low risk
Annona squamosa	Annonaceae	custard apple	Assessment	Pacific	-2	low risk
Antigonon leptopus	Polygonaceae	coral vine	Assessment	Pacific	19	high risk
Aptenia cordifolia	Aizoaceae	hearts and flowers	Assessment	Pacific	5	low risk*
Archontophoenix alexandrae	Arecaceae	Alexandra palm	Assessment	Pacific	6	evaluate
*Archontophoenix cunninghamiana*	Arecaceae	king palm	Assessment	Pacific	0	low risk
Ardisia crenata	Myrsinaceae	Hilo holly	Assessment	Pacific	7	high risk
Ardisia elliptica	Myrsinaceae	shoebutton ardisia	Assessment	Pacific	11	high risk
Argemone mexicana	Papaveraceae	Mexican poppy