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Table 1. Invasive plant species ong>ofong> environmental concern not seen or reported ong>toong> be present in ong>Palauong> Species Common Names Family Habit Risk assessment† Chrysobalanus icaco English: coco plum, icaco Chrysobalanaceae shrub Chrysophyllum oliviforme English: satin leaf, wild star-apple, damson plum Sapotaceae tree high risk Chrysopogon zizanioides English: cuscus grass, khus-khus, vetiver grass Poaceae grass low risk** Chukrasia tabularis English: Burmese almondwood, chickrassy, Chittagong wood Meliaceae tree Cinchona pubescens English: quinine tree, red cinchona Rubiaceae tree high risk Cinnamomum burmannii English: padang cassia Lauraceae tree Cinnamomum camphora English: camphor tree, camphor laurel Lauraceae tree high risk Cirsium vulgare English: spear thistle, Scotch thistle, bull thistle, black thistle, plume thistle Asteraceae herb high risk Cissus discolor English: climbing begonia, rex begonia vine, trailing begonia Vitaceae vine evaluate* Cissus nodosa English: grape ivy Vitaceae vine high risk Cissus rotundifolia English: Arabian wax cissus, Venezuelan treebine Vitaceae vine high risk Citharexylum caudatum English: juniper berry Verbenaceae tree Citharexylum gentryi Verbenaceae tree Citharexylum spinosum English: fiddlewood Verbenaceae tree high risk Clausena excavata English: clausena Rutaceae tree Clerodendrum chinense English: Honolulu rose, stickbush, glory bower Lamiaceae shrub Clerodendrum japonicum English: glorybower Lamiaceae shrub Clerodendrum macrostegium English: velvetleaf glorybower Lamiaceae shrub Cliong>toong>ria laurifolia English: laurel-leaf pigeonwings Fabaceae shrub Clusia rosea English: signature tree, auong>toong>graph tree, copey, Scotch atong>toong>rney, pitchapple Clusiaceae tree evaluate* Cnidoscolus aconitifolius English: cabbage star, tree spinach Euphorbiaceae tree Coccinia grandis English: ivy gourd, scarlet-fruited gourd Cucurbitaceae vine high risk Copaifera langsdorffii English: copaiba, Langsdorf's copaifera Fabaceae tree evaluate* Cordia alliodora English: laurel, Ecuador laurel, salmwood, Spanish elm Boraginaceae tree Cordia curassavica English: black sage Boraginaceae shrub Cordia dichoong>toong>ma English: clammy cherry, fragrant manjack, Indian cherry, sebesten Boraginaceae tree Cordia glabra English: broad-leaved cordia Boraginaceae tree Cortaderia jubata English: jubata grass, Andean pampas grass, purple pampas grass Poaceae grass high risk Cortaderia selloana English: pampas grass, silver pampas grass, Uruguayan pampas grass Poaceae grass high risk Corymbia citriodora English: lemon-scented gum Myrtaceae tree high risk Corynocarpus laevigatus English: New Zealand laurel, karakara nut Corynocarpaceae tree Costus afer English: spiral ginger Costaceae herb Costus dubius Costaceae herb high risk Costus pulverulentus Spanish: caña agria, chile de perro, piong>toong> de perro Costaceae herb Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora English: autumn gold, garden montbretia, montbretia Iridaceae herb Crotalaria goreensis English: gamba pea, Gambia pea Fabaceae shrub Crotalaria lanceolata English: lance crotalaria, lance-leaf crotalaria, lanceleaf rattlebox Fabaceae shrub Crotalaria linifolia English: narrow-leaved crotalaria Fabaceae herb Crotalaria longirostrata English: castanet plant Fabaceae shrub Crotalaria quinquefolia English: rattlepod Fabaceae herb Crotalaria verrucosa English: blue-flower rattlepod, ong>toong>oth-leaf rattlepod Fabaceae herb Crypong>toong>stegia grandiflora English: rubber vine, India rubber vine, Palay rubbervine Ascelepiadaceae vine high risk Cupaniopsis anacardioides English: carrotwood, tuckeroo Sapindaceae tree evaluate* Cuphea hyssopifolia English: false heaong>theong>r, Mexican heaong>theong>r Lythraceae herb evaluate* 70

Table 1. Invasive plant species ong>ofong> environmental concern not seen or reported ong>toong> be present in ong>Palauong> Species Common Names Family Habit Risk assessment† Cuscuta campestris English: golden dodder, field dodder, five-angled dodder Cuscutaceae vine high risk Cyaong>theong>a cooperi English: Australian tree fern Cyaong>theong>aceae fern high risk Cymbalaria muralis English: coliseum ivy, ivy-leaf ong>toong>adflax, Kenilworth ivy, pennywort Scrophulariaceae herb Cyperus cyperoides Cyperaceae sedge Cyperus digitatus English: digitate cyperus Cyperaceae sedge Cyperus esculentus English: chufa, earth almond, nutgrass, tigernut, watergrass, yellow nut grass, yellow nutsedge Cyperaceae sedge Cyperus sanguinolentus Cyperaceae sedge Cyrong>toong>stachys renda English: lipstick palm, maharajah palm, sealing wax palm Arecaceae tree evaluate* Dactylis glomerata English: barnyard grass, cocksfoot, cockspur, orchard grass Poaceae grass evaluate* Dalbergia latifolia English: Indian rosewood, Indian blackwood, Malabar rosewood, shisham Fabaceae tree evaluate* Dalbergia sissoo English: Indian dalbergia, Indian rosewood, sissoo, shisham Fabaceae tree high risk Datura ferox English: fierce thorn-apple, large thorn-apple, long-spine thorn-apple Solanaceae herb high risk Datura inoxia English: angel's-trumpet, downy thorn-apple, Indian-apple, sacred datura Solanaceae herb high risk Datura stramonium English: datura, jimsonweed, moonflower, purple thornapple, thorn-apple Solanaceae herb evaluate* Delairea odorata English: German ivy, Italian ivy, cape ivy Asteraceae vine high risk Derris malaccensis English: New Guinea creeper Fabaceae vine Desmodium adscendens English: strongback, tick clover, tick trefoil, tropical clover Fabaceae shrub Desmodium nicaraguense Fabaceae shrub low risk Desmodium scorpiurus English: scorpion ticktrefoil Fabaceae herb evaluate* Desmodium uncinatum English: silverleaf desmodium, Spanish clover, Spanish tickclover Fabaceae herb high risk Dianella caerulea English: blue flax-lily Liliaceae herb evaluate* Dichanthium aristatum English: Angleong>toong>n bluestem, awned dichanthium, bluestem, Wilder grass Poaceae grass Dichanthium caricosum English: angleong>toong>n grass, Antigua haygrass, Nadi bluegrass, roadside bluestem Poaceae grass Dichrostachys cinerea English: aroma, Kalahari Christmas tree, Chinese lantern tree, sickle bush, marabou-thorn, marabú, Sen Domeng, Fabaceae shrub high risk Saint Domingue, acacia Saint Domingue Digitalis purpurea English: digitalis, foxglove, purple foxglove Scrophulariaceae herb high risk Digitaria eriantha English: common finger grass, digit grass, pangola grass, woolly finger grass Poaceae grass Digitaria henryi Poaceae grass Digitaria horizontalis English: Jamaican crabgrass Poaceae grass Digitaria insularis English: cotong>toong>ngrass, sourgrass, feaong>theong>r-ong>toong>p grass Poaceae grass Digitaria longiflora English: wire crabgrass Poaceae grass Digitaria sanguinalis English: crab finger grass, hairy crabgrass, large crabgrass, Poaceae manne terrestre, panic sanguin, summer grass grass Dillenia suffruticosa English: shrubby dillenia, shrubby simpoh Dilleniaceae shrub/ tree evaluate* Dypsis lutescens English: areca palm, butterfly palm, cane palm, goldenyellow palm, yellow butterfly palm, yellow palm Arecaceae tree evaluate* Echinochloa esculenta English: Japanese barnyard millet, Japanese millet Poaceae grass high risk Echinochloa glabrescens Poaceae grass Echinochloa oryzoides English: early barnyard grass Poaceae grass Echinochloa polystachya English: aleman grass, carib grass, creeping rivergrass Poaceae grass high risk 71

Table 1. <strong>Invasive</strong> plant species <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> envir<strong>on</strong>mental c<strong>on</strong>cern not seen or reported <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

be present in <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

Species Comm<strong>on</strong> Names Family Habit<br />

Risk<br />

assessment†<br />

Chrysobalanus icaco English: coco plum, icaco Chrysobalanaceae shrub<br />

Chrysophyllum<br />

oliviforme<br />

English: satin leaf, wild star-apple, dams<strong>on</strong> plum Sapotaceae tree high risk<br />

Chrysopog<strong>on</strong> zizanioides English: cuscus grass, khus-khus, vetiver grass Poaceae grass low risk**<br />

Chukrasia tabularis<br />

English: Burmese alm<strong>on</strong>dwood, chickrassy, Chittag<strong>on</strong>g<br />

wood<br />

Meliaceae tree<br />

Cinch<strong>on</strong>a pubescens English: quinine tree, red cinch<strong>on</strong>a Rubiaceae tree high risk<br />

Cinnamomum burmannii English: padang cassia Lauraceae tree<br />

Cinnamomum camphora English: camphor tree, camphor laurel Lauraceae tree high risk<br />

Cirsium vulgare<br />

English: spear thistle, Scotch thistle, bull thistle, black<br />

thistle, plume thistle<br />

Asteraceae herb high risk<br />

Cissus discolor English: climbing beg<strong>on</strong>ia, rex beg<strong>on</strong>ia vine, trailing beg<strong>on</strong>ia Vitaceae vine evaluate*<br />

Cissus nodosa English: grape ivy Vitaceae vine high risk<br />

Cissus rotundifolia English: Arabian wax cissus, Venezuelan treebine Vitaceae vine high risk<br />

Citharexylum caudatum English: juniper berry Verbenaceae tree<br />

Citharexylum gentryi Verbenaceae tree<br />

Citharexylum spinosum English: fiddlewood Verbenaceae tree high risk<br />

Clausena excavata English: clausena Rutaceae tree<br />

Clerodendrum chinense English: H<strong>on</strong>olulu rose, stickbush, glory bower Lamiaceae shrub<br />

Clerodendrum jap<strong>on</strong>icum English: glorybower Lamiaceae shrub<br />

Clerodendrum<br />

macrostegium<br />

English: velvetleaf glorybower Lamiaceae shrub<br />

Cli<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>ria laurifolia English: laurel-leaf pige<strong>on</strong>wings Fabaceae shrub<br />

Clusia rosea<br />

English: signature tree, au<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>graph tree, copey, Scotch<br />

at<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>rney, pitchapple<br />

Clusiaceae tree evaluate*<br />

Cnidoscolus ac<strong>on</strong>itifolius English: cabbage star, tree spinach Euphorbiaceae tree<br />

Coccinia grandis English: ivy gourd, scarlet-fruited gourd Cucurbitaceae vine high risk<br />

Copaifera langsdorffii English: copaiba, Langsdorf's copaifera Fabaceae tree evaluate*<br />

Cordia alliodora English: laurel, Ecuador laurel, salmwood, Spanish elm Boraginaceae tree<br />

Cordia curassavica English: black sage Boraginaceae shrub<br />

Cordia dicho<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>ma<br />

English: clammy cherry, fragrant manjack, Indian cherry,<br />

sebesten<br />

Boraginaceae tree<br />

Cordia glabra English: broad-leaved cordia Boraginaceae tree<br />

Cortaderia jubata<br />

English: jubata grass, Andean pampas grass, purple<br />

pampas grass<br />

Poaceae grass high risk<br />

Cortaderia selloana<br />

English: pampas grass, silver pampas grass, Uruguayan<br />

pampas grass<br />

Poaceae grass high risk<br />

Corymbia citriodora English: lem<strong>on</strong>-scented gum Myrtaceae tree high risk<br />

Corynocarpus laevigatus English: New Zealand laurel, karakara nut Corynocarpaceae tree<br />

Costus afer English: spiral ginger Costaceae herb<br />

Costus dubius Costaceae herb high risk<br />

Costus pulverulentus Spanish: caña agria, chile de perro, pi<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> de perro Costaceae herb<br />

Crocosmia x<br />

crocosmiiflora<br />

English: autumn gold, garden m<strong>on</strong>tbretia, m<strong>on</strong>tbretia Iridaceae herb<br />

Crotalaria goreensis English: gamba pea, Gambia pea Fabaceae shrub<br />

Crotalaria lanceolata<br />

English: lance crotalaria, lance-leaf crotalaria, lanceleaf<br />

rattlebox<br />

Fabaceae<br />

shrub<br />

Crotalaria linifolia English: narrow-leaved crotalaria Fabaceae herb<br />

Crotalaria l<strong>on</strong>girostrata English: castanet plant Fabaceae shrub<br />

Crotalaria quinquefolia English: rattlepod Fabaceae herb<br />

Crotalaria verrucosa English: blue-flower rattlepod, <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>oth-leaf rattlepod Fabaceae herb<br />

Cryp<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>stegia grandiflora English: rubber vine, India rubber vine, Palay rubbervine Ascelepiadaceae vine high risk<br />

Cupaniopsis<br />

anacardioides<br />

English: carrotwood, tuckeroo Sapindaceae tree evaluate*<br />

Cuphea hyssopifolia English: false hea<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r, Mexican hea<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r Lythraceae herb evaluate*<br />

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