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Learn more about Golden Bamboo from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Phyllostachys aurea
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phyllostachys aurea
FAMILY
Poaceae
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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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.
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Gill Newberry gn04_phyllostachys_aurea
April
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm120428_859
April Oconee County SC
Clemson Forest
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JK Marlow jkm120428_861
April Oconee County SC
Clemson Forest
Nodal junctions mostly straight across, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm120428_864
April Oconee County SC
Clemson Forest
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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.
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm0308h_30
August Greenville County SC
Roadside
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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.