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Bambusa glaucescens

Birkenhead, Auckland.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 20/04/2012, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Bambusa multiplex.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

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Common names

bamboo

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Structural class

Grasses

Detailed description

Clump-forming bamboo, forming dense clumps but not running extensively. Stems usually 3–5m × 1–2 cm diameter and at least some stems striped yellow and green; several branches at each node. Culm sheaths with black hairs that are soon shed (caducous). Leaf-blade linear-lanceoloate, 6–15 cm × 0.6–1.5 cm, glaucous, hairy underneath.

Habitat

Terrestrial.

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Bambusa

Family

Poaceae

Authority

Bambusa glaucescens (Willd.) Munro

Synonyms

Bambusa multiplex

Endemic family

Ecology

Year naturalised

1991

Origin

S. China

Reason for introduction

Ornamental

Life cycle and dispersal

Perennial

Other information

Etymology

bambusa: Derived from the Malay name for this plant

glaucescens: Becoming glaucous

NVS code

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