Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Phyllostachys from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Phyllostachys bambusoides
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phyllostachys bambusoides
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Phyllostachys bambusoides
COMMON NAME:
Giant Timber Bamboo, Japanese Timber Bamboo
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JK Marlow jkm120310_253
March Spartanburg County SC
Largest culms to 15cm in diameter and 25m tall. Nodal junctions oblique, per Weakley's Flora.
JK Marlow jkm120310_264
March Spartanburg County SC
Leaf sheaths with 2 tufts of bristles on auricles, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
JK Marlow jkm120526_514
May Spartanburg County SC
Culms 3-12cm in diameter and thick-walled, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.