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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phyllostachys aurea   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phyllostachys aurea   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Phyllostachys aurea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)

Phyllostachys aurea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-02-001:

Phyllostachys aurea   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Phyllostachys aurea

 

COMMON NAME:
Golden Bamboo, Fishpole Bamboo


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image of Phyllostachys aurea, Golden Bamboo, Fishpole Bamboo

Gill Newberry    gn04_phyllostachys

April        

Culms green, or yellowish in bright sun or with age, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Phyllostachys aurea, Golden Bamboo, Fishpole Bamboo

Gill Newberry    gn04_phyllostachys_aurea

April        

image of Phyllostachys aurea, Golden Bamboo, Fishpole Bamboo

Gill Newberry    gn04_phylostachys_node

April        

Culms usually to 3 or rarely 4cm in diameter, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Phyllostachys aurea, Golden Bamboo, Fishpole Bamboo

JK Marlow    jkm120428_859

April    Oconee County    SC

Clemson Forest

image of Phyllostachys aurea, Golden Bamboo, Fishpole Bamboo

JK Marlow    jkm120428_861

April    Oconee County    SC

Clemson Forest

Nodal junctions mostly straight across, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Phyllostachys aurea, Golden Bamboo, Fishpole Bamboo

JK Marlow    jkm120428_864

April    Oconee County    SC

Clemson Forest

image of Phyllostachys aurea, Golden Bamboo, Fishpole Bamboo

JK Marlow    jkm120428_869

April    Oconee County    SC

Clemson Forest

Internodes at the base dissimilar in length, the lowermost distinctly shorter, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Phyllostachys aurea, Golden Bamboo, Fishpole Bamboo

JK Marlow    jkm150724_538

July    Pickens County    SC

Doodle Trail

Leaves 0.25-0.75" wide and 3-10" long, alternate or in fanlike clusters, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2007).

image of Phyllostachys aurea, Golden Bamboo, Fishpole Bamboo

JK Marlow    jkm0308h_30

August    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

image of Phyllostachys aurea, Golden Bamboo, Fishpole Bamboo

Margaret Cirtain    mcc_dec2009_040

December    Alcorn County    MS

This is the usual large Bamboo cultivated and naturalizing in our area, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phyllostachys aurea   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phyllostachys aurea   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Phyllostachys aurea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Phyllostachys aurea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-02-001:
Phyllostachys aurea   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Phyllostachys aurea

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1072

Grass, Sedge, or Rush; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Suburban woodlands, upland forests and woodlands, riparian forests, stream banks, roadsides, pastures, old fields, persisting and spreading from plantings, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: China & Japan

Common in GA (uncommon in NC Mountains, Carolina Piedmont, & Carolina Coastal Plain) (rare in SC Mountains)

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INVASIVE

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring

FRUIT:

 

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