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 holosericea	Fabaceae	candelabra wattle	Assessment	Pacific	4	evaluate
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
Agapanthus praecox	Liliaceae	common Agapanthus	Assessment	Pacific	12	high risk
Ageratina riparia	Asteraceae	mistflower	Assessment	Australia	26	reject
*Aglaonema commutatum*	Araceae	Aglaonema	Assessment	Pacific	1	low risk*
*Agrostis stolonifera*	Poaceae	carpet bentgrass	Assessment	Pacific	19	high risk
Ailanthus altissima	Simaroubaceae	tree of heaven	Assessment	Australia	12	reject
Ailanthus altissima	Simaroubaceae	tree of heaven	Assessment	Pacific	21	high risk
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
Allamanda cathartica	Apocynaceae	golden trumpet Allamanda	Assessment	Pacific	8	high risk
Alocasia cucullata	Araceae	dwarf elephant ear	Assessment	Pacific	9	high risk
Alpinia purpurata	Zingiberaceae	red ginger	Assessment	Pacific	4	evaluate
Alpinia zerumbet	Zingiberaceae	shell ginger	Assessment	Pacific	10	high risk
Alstonia macrophylla	Apocynaceae	deviltree	Assessment	Pacific	9	high risk
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 glomeratus	Poaceae	bushy bluestem	Assessment	Pacific	14	high risk
Andropogon virginicus	Poaceae	broomsedge	Assessment	Australia	13	reject
Angiopteris evecta	Marattiaceae	giant fern	Assessment	Pacific	8	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
Anthoxanthum odoratum	Poaceae	sweet vernalgrass	Assessment	Pacific	11	high 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	8	high risk
*Archontophoenix cunninghamiana*	Arecaceae	king palm	Assessment	Pacific	6	evaluate
*Archontophoenix tuckeri*	Arecaceae	peach creek palm	Assessment	Pacific	4	evaluate
Ardisia crenata	Myrsinaceae	Hilo holly	Assessment	Pacific	10	high risk
Ardisia elliptica	Myrsinaceae	shoebutton ardisia	Assessment	Pacific	11	high risk
Argemone mexicana	Papaveraceae	Mexican poppy	Assessment	Australia	18	reject
*Argyreia nervosa*	Convolvulaceae	Hawaiian baby woodrose	Assessment	Pacific	1	low risk*
Aristolochia elegans	Aristolochiaceae	Dutchman's pipe	Assessment	Australia	13	reject
Aristolochia ringens	Aristolochiaceae	gaping Dutchman's pipe	Assessment	Pacific	4	evaluate
Artabotrys hexapetalus	Annonaceae	climbing ylang-ylang	Assessment	Pacific	0	low risk
Arundo donax	Poaceae	arundo	Assessment	Pacific	12	high risk
Asparagus densiflorus	Liliaceae	asparagus fern	Assessment	Australia	3	evaluate
Asparagus densiflorus	Liliaceae	asparagus fern	Assessment	Pacific	15	high risk
Asparagus falcatus	Liliaceae	sicklethorn	Assessment	Pacific	11	high risk
Asparagus setaceus	Liliaceae	common asparagus fern	Assessment	Pacific	13	high risk
Asparagus setaceus	Liliaceae	common asparagus fern	Assessment	Australia	16	reject
Asparagus setaceus	Liliaceae	common asparagus fern	Assessment	Pacific	13	high risk
Asystasia gangetica	Acanthaceae	coromandel	Assessment	Pacific	12	high risk
Axonopus compressus	Poaceae	carpetgrass	Assessment	Australia	12	reject
Axonopus compressus	Poaceae	carpetgrass	Assessment	Pacific	15	high risk
Axonopus fissifolius	Poaceae	carpetgrass	Assessment	Pacific	16	high risk
Azadirachta indica	Meliaceae	neem	Assessment	Pacific	5	evaluate
Baccharis halimifolia	Asteraceae	groundsel bush	Assessment	Australia	19	reject
Bacopa procumbens	Plantaginaceae	baby jump-up	Assessment	Pacific	7	high risk
Bambusa oldhamii	Poaceae	Oldham's bamboo	Assessment	Pacific	1	evaluate
Bambusa vulgaris	Poaceae	bamboo	Assessment	Pacific	5	low risk*
*Bauhinia monandra*	Fabaceae	pink orchid tree	Assessment	Pacific	7	high risk
*Bauhinia purpurea*	Fabaceae	purple bauhinia	Assessment	Pacific	7	high risk
*Bauhinia variegata*	Fabaceae	mountain ebony	Assessment	Pacific	9	high risk
Berchemia zeyheri	Rhamnaceae	pink ivory	Assessment	Pacific	-2	low risk
*Bischofia javanica*	Bishofiaceae	bishopwood	Assessment	Pacific	7	high risk
Bixa orellana	Bixaceae	lipstick tree	Assessment	Pacific	1	low risk*
Bothriochloa bladhii	Poaceae	Caucasian bluestem	Assessment	Pacific	19	high risk
Bouteloua aristidoides	Poaceae	needle grama	Assessment	Pacific	9	high risk
Brassica napus	Brassicaceae	rapeseed, turnip	Assessment	Pacific	16	high risk
Breynia disticha	Euphorbiaceae	snowbush	Assessment	Pacific	-5	low risk
Brillantaisia lamium	Acanthaceae		Assessment	Australia	16	reject
Brugmansia candida	Solanaceae	angel's trumpet	Assessment	Pacific	2	low risk*
Buddleja asiatica	Buddlejaceae	Asian butterfly bush	Assessment	Pacific	9	high risk
Buddleja davidii	Buddlejaceae	butterfly bush	Assessment	Australia	-4	accept
Buddleja davidii	Buddlejaceae	butterfly bush	Assessment	Pacific	13	high risk
Buddleja madagascariensis	Buddlejaceae	butterfly bush	Assessment	Pacific	7	high risk
Cabomba caroliniana	Cabombaceae	fanwort	Assessment	Australia	18	reject
Caesalpinia decapetala	Fabaceae	Mysore thorn	Assessment	Pacific	20	high risk
Caesalpinia pulcherrima	Fabaceae	dwarf poinciana	Assessment	Pacific	5	low risk*
Cajanus cajan	Fabaceae	pigeon pea	Assessment	Pacific	0	low risk
*Calathea majestica*	Marantaceae		Assessment	Pacific	-1	low risk
*Callaeum macropterum*	Malphigiaceae	yellow butterfly vine	Assessment	Pacific	6	evaluate
*Calliandra calothyrsus*	Fabaceae	calliandra	Assessment	Pacific	1	low risk*
Calliandra haematocephala	Fabaceae	red powder puff	Assessment	Pacific	2	low risk*
*Calliandra surinamensis*	Fabaceae	pink powderpuff	Assessment	Pacific	-4	low risk
*Calicarpa japonica*	Verbenaceae	Japanese beautyberry	Assessment	Pacific	5	evaluate
Calopogonium mucunoides	Fabaceae	calopo	Assessment	Australia	10	reject
Calopogonium mucunoides	Fabaceae	calopo	Assessment	Pacific	6	low risk*
Calotropis gigantea	Asclepiadaceae	crownplant	Assessment	Pacific	15	high risk
Calotropis procera	Asclepiadaceae	calotrope	Assessment	Australia	8	reject
Calotropis procera	Asclepiadaceae	small crownflower	Assessment	Pacific	15	high risk
Cananga odorata	Annonaceae	perfume tree	Assessment	Pacific	3	low risk*
*Canna indica*	Cannaceae	African arrowroot	Assessment	Pacific	17	high risk
*Cannabis sativa*	Cannabaceae	marijuana	Assessment	Pacific	8.5	high risk
Capsicum frutescens	Solanaceae	wild pepper	Assessment	Pacific	5	low risk*
*Carallia brachiata*	Rhizophoraceae	corkwood	Assessment	Pacific	3	evaluate
*Cardiospermum grandiflorum*	Sapindaceae	showy baloonvine	Assessment	Pacific	18	high risk
Cardiospermum halicacabum	Sapindaceae	balloon vine	Assessment	Pacific	12	high risk
Carex muskingumensis	Cyperaceae	Muskingum sedge	Assessment	Pacific	8	high risk
Carica papaya	Caricaceae	papaya	Assessment	Pacific	2	low risk*
Carmona retusa	Boraginaceae	Fukien tea	Assessment	Pacific	4	evaluate
Carpobrotus edulis	Aizoaceae	ice plant	Assessment	Pacific	9.5	high risk
Caryota mitis	Arecaceae	fishtail palm	Assessment	Pacific	1	evaluate
Castilla elastica	Moraceae	Panama rubber tree	Assessment	Pacific	7	high risk
Casuarina cunninghamiana	Casuarinaceae	cunninghamia beefwood	Assessment	Pacific	12	high risk
Casuarina equisetifolia	Casuarinaceae	ironwood	Assessment	Pacific	21	high risk
Casuarina glauca	Casuarinaceae	gray sheoak	Assessment	Pacific	20	high risk
Catharanthus roseus	Apocynaceae	rosy periwinkle	Assessment	Pacific	2	low risk*
Cecropia obtusifolia	Cecropiaceae	trumpet tree	Assessment	Pacific	10	high risk
Cecropia peltata	Cecropiaceae	trumpet tree	Assessment	Pacific	9	high risk
Cedrela odorata	Meliaceae	Spanish cedar	Assessment	Pacific	2	evaluate
Ceiba pentandra	Bombacaceae	kopok tree	Assessment	Pacific	2	low risk*
Cenchrus ciliaris	Poaceae	buffelgrass	Assessment	Australia	7	reject
Cenchrus echinatus	Poaceae	burgrass	Assessment	Australia	11	reject
Centaurea melitensis	Asteraceae	yellow star thistle	Assessment	Pacific	18	high risk
*Centrosema pubescens*	Fabaceae	centro	Assessment	Pacific	11	high risk
Cestrum nocturnum	Solanaceae	night-blooming jasmine	Assessment	Pacific	17	high risk
Cestrum parqui	Solanaceae	green cestrum	Assessment	Australia	11	reject
*Chamaecrista nictitans*	Fabaceae	partridge pea	Assessment	Pacific	0	low risk
*Chasmanthium latifolium*	Poaceae	northern sea oats	Assessment	Pacific	8.5	high risk
Chloris barbata	Poaceae	swollen fingergrass	Assessment	Australia	13	reject
Chloris gayana	Poaceae	Rhodes grass	Assessment	Australia	6	reject
Chlorophytum comosum	Liliaceae	spiderplant	Assessment	Pacific	8	high risk
Chromolaena odorata	Asteraceae	chromolaena	Assessment	Pacific	34	high risk
Chrysophyllum oliviforme	Sapotaceae	satin leaf	Assessment	Pacific	7	high risk
Chrysopogon zizanioides 'Sunshine'	Poaceae	vetiver grass 'Sunshine'	Assessment	Pacific	-8	low risk
Cinchona pubescens	Rubiaceae	quinine tree	Assessment	Pacific	9	high risk
Cinnamomum camphora	Lauraceae	camphor tree	Assessment	Pacific	7.5	high risk
Cinnamomum verum	Lauraceae	cinnamon tree	Assessment	Pacific	10	high risk
Cirsium vulgare	Asteraceae	spear thistile	Assessment	Australia	21	reject
*Cissus discolor*	Vitaceae	rex begonia vine	Assessment	Pacific	1	evaluate
*Cissus nodosa*	Vitaceae	Javanese treebine	Assessment	Pacific	8	high risk
*Cissus rotundifolia*	Vitaceae	Venezuelan treebine	Assessment	Pacific	9	high risk
Citharexylum spinosum	Verbenaceae	fiddlewood	Assessment	Pacific	7	high risk
Citrus aurantiifolia	Rutaceae	lime	Assessment	Pacific	2	low risk*
Citrus limon	Rutaceae	lemon	Assessment	Pacific	-3	low risk
*Clerodendrum buchananii*	Verbenaceae	red clerodendrum	Assessment	Pacific	7	high risk
*Clerodendrum macrostegium*	Verbenaceae	velvetleaf glorybower	Assessment	Pacific	8	high risk
Clerodendrum paniculatum	Verbenaceae	pagoda flower	Assessment	Australia	9	reject
Clerodendrum paniculatum	Verbenaceae	pagoda flower	Assessment	Pacific	5	evaluate
Clerodendrum quadriloculare	Verbenaceae	bronze-leaved clerodendrum	Assessment	Pacific	11	high risk
Clidemia hirta	Melastomataceae	Koster's curse	Assessment	Pacific	27	high risk
Clitoria ternatea	Fabaceae	butterfly pea	Assessment	Australia	7	reject
Clitoria ternatea	Fabaceae	butterfly pea	Assessment	Pacific	9	high risk
Clusia rosea	Clusiaceae	autograph tree	Assessment	Pacific	5	evaluate
Coccinia grandis	Cucurbitaceae	ivy gourd	Assessment	Australia	9	reject
Coccinia grandis	Cucurbitaceae	ivy gourd	Assessment	Pacific	21	high risk
Coffea arabica	Rubiaceae	coffee tree	Assessment	Pacific	2	high risk*
Coffea liberica	Rubiaceae	Liberian coffee tree	Assessment	Pacific	1	evaluate
Coix lacryma-jobi	Poaceae	Job's tears	Assessment	Australia	4	more information
Conocarpus erectus	Combretaceae	buttonwood	Assessment	Pacific	3	low risk*
Copaifera langsdorffii	Fabaceae	diesel tree	Assessment	Pacific	4	evaluate
*Cordia sebestena*	Boraginaceae	geiger tree	Assessment	Pacific	-1	low risk
Cortaderia jubata	Poaceae	purple pampas grass	Assessment	Australia	22	reject
Cortaderia jubata	Poaceae	Andean pampas grass	Assessment	Pacific	26	high risk
Cortaderia selloana	Poaceae	silver pampas grass	Assessment	Australia	24	reject
Cortaderia selloana	Poaceae	pampas grass	Assessment	Pacific	24	high risk
Corymbia citriodora	Myrtaceae	lemon-scented gum	Assessment	Pacific	9	high risk
Costus dubius	Costaceae	costus	Assessment	Pacific	8	high risk
Costus woodsonii	Costaceae	Indian-head ginger	Assessment	Pacific	11	high risk
Cotoneaster pannosus	Rosaceae	silver-leaf cotoneaster	Assessment	Australia	5	evaluate
Cotoneaster pannosus	Rosaceae	silver-leaf cotoneaster	Assessment	Pacific	7	high risk
*Crescentia cujete*	Bignoniaceae	calabash tree	Assessment	Pacific	-8	low risk
Crinum asiaticum	Liliaceae	crinum	Assessment	Pacific	-4	low risk
Crotalaria retusa	Fabaceae	wedge-leaf crotalaria	Assessment	Australia	5	evaluate
Crotalaria spectabilis	Fabaceae	showy crotalaria	Assessment	Australia	9	reject
*Crotalaria trichotoma*	Fabaceae	curara-pea	Assessment	Australia	4	more information
Cryptostegia grandiflora	Asclepiadaceae	rubbervine	Assessment	Australia	16	reject
*Cryptostegia madagascariensis*	Asclepiadaceae	Madagascar rubber vine	Assessment	Pacific	13	high risk
Cupaniopsis anacardioides	Sapindaceae	carrotwood	Assessment	Pacific	6	evaluate
*Cuphea hyssopifolia*	Lythraceae	false heather	Assessment	Pacific	5	low risk*
Cuphea ignea	Lythraceae	Mexican cigar plant	Assessment	Pacific	3	low risk*
*Cuprerssus lusitanica*	Cupressaceae	Mexican cypress	Assessment	Pacific	6	low risk*
Cuscuta campestris	Cuscutaceae	golden dodder	Assessment	Australia	22	reject
*Cyathea cooperi*	Cyatheaceae	Australian tree fern	Assessment	Pacific	8	high risk
Cynodon dactylon	Poaceae	Bermuda grass	Assessment	Australia	5	evaluate
*Cyperus involucratus*	Cyperaceae	umbrella sedge	Assessment	Pacific	17	high risk
Cyperus rotundus	Cyperaceae	purple nutsedge	Assessment	Australia	13	reject
Cyrtostachys renda	Arecaceae	sealing wax palm	Assessment	Pacific	1	evaluate
Dactylis glomerata	Poaceae	barnyard grass	Assessment	Australia	2	evaluate
Dactyloctenium aegyptium	Poaceae	beach wiregrass	Assessment	Australia	11	reject
Dalbergia latifolia	Fabaceae	black rosewood	Assessment	Pacific	5	evaluate
Dalbergia sissoo	Fabaceae	Indian rosewood	Assessment	Australia	21	reject
Dalbergia sissoo	Fabaceae	Indian rosewood	Assessment	Pacific	13	high risk
Datura ferox	Solanaceae	fierce thorn-apple	Assessment	Australia	21	reject
Datura inoxia	Solanaceae	sacred datura	Assessment	Australia	21	reject
Datura metel	Solanaceae	jimson-weed	Assessment	Australia	21	reject
Datura stramonium	Solanaceae	jimson-weed	Assessment	Australia	5	evaluate
Delairea odorata	Asteraceae	German ivy	Assessment	Pacific	14	high risk
Delonix regia	Fabaceae	flame tree	Assessment	Pacific	-1	low risk
Desmanthus virgatus	Fabaceae	virgate mimosa	Assessment	Australia	9	reject
*Desmanthus virgatus*	Fabaceae	slender mimosa	Assessment	Pacific	12	high risk
Desmodium heterophyllum	Fabaceae	hetero	Assessment	Australia	3	evaluate
Desmodium incanum	Fabaceae	kaimi clover	Assessment	Australia	9	reject
Desmodium nicaraguense	Fabaceae	vara de arco	Assessment	Pacific	-2	low risk
Desmodium scorpiurus	Fabaceae		Assessment	Australia	5	more information
Desmodium tortuosum	Fabaceae	Florida beggarweed	Assessment	Australia	6	reject
Desmodium uncinatum	Fabaceae	silverleaf desmodium	Assessment	Australia	6	reject
Dianella caerulea	Liliaceae	cerulean flaxlily	Assessment	Pacific	5	evaluate
Dichrostachys cinerea	Fabaceae	marabou-thorn	Assessment	Pacific	16	high risk
Dieffenbachia seguine	Araceae	dumb cane	Assessment	Pacific	7	high risk
Digitalis purpurea	Scrophulariaceae	foxglove	Assessment	Pacific	7.5	high risk
Dillenia suffruticosa	Dilleniaceae	shrubby dillenia	Assessment	Pacific	3