NameThatPlant.net: Pseudosasa japonica

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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Arrow Bamboo differs from the genus Phyllostachys in having round or slightly flattened stem internodes (vs. having a distinct groove lengthwise). To learn how it differs from native Arundinaria species, visit Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

This species has the potential to become invasive; it is likely already much more common in the Southeast than the map indicates, per Weakley's Flora (2022)

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pseudosasa japonica FAMILY Poaceae

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

Pseudosasa japonica

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

Pseudosasa japonica

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

Pseudosasa japonica

SYNONYMOUS WITH -

Sasa japonica

COMMON NAME:
Arrow Bamboo

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image of Pseudosasa japonica, Arrow Bamboo

Margaret Cirtain mcc_dec2009_021

December Shelby County TN

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pseudosasa japonica FAMILY Poaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Pseudosasa japonica

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Sasa japonica

1166

Grass, Sedge, or Rush; Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Cultivated as an ornamental, persistent or spreading from plantings, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Japan

Rare

map
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

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