According to the Washington State Noxious Weed Control Board, a single baby's breath plant averages 13,700 seeds, which can spread easily in the wind and traverse
Baby's breath has an extensive taproot that's painstaking to remove once it's established, and given its prolific reproduction powers, it often overcomes native plants.
When the plant is exposed to sandy soil and full sun, its downsides are amplified since the two factors feed and anchor the plant's entire root system,
Baby's breath is listed as a noxious weed in California and Washington because it's difficult to control, and it has threatened Michigan’s dunes by suffocating native plants.