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Himalayacalamus falconeri

Paloma Gardens, Fordell. Upper half of the dying adult plant.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 07/12/2025, Licence: Public domain. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Planted specimen (lower half of the plant), dying after flowering.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 07/12/2025, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Paloma Gardens, Fordell. A 1.5 m seedling.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 07/12/2025, Licence: Public domain. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Paloma Gardens, Fordell. Two very small self-established seedlings.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 07/12/2025, Licence: Public domain. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

fountain bamboo

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Structural class

Grasses

Simplified description

Clump-forming, fountain-like; rhizomes not running. Culms initially erect and wand-like, later arching over, 2–2.5 m, glaucous-white when young, becoming medium to deep green. Culm-sheath uniformly green or purplish green; ligule 1–5 mm, puberulent; auricles and bristles 0; sheath-blades linear-subulate. Photos show a plant that died after flowering and seedlings established over several
years thereafter.

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Himalayacalamus

Family

Poaceae

Authority

Himalayacalamus falconeri (Munro) Keng f.

Endemic family

Ecology

Year naturalised

1935

Origin

Himalayas

Referencing and citations

Attribution

Some of this factsheet information is derived from Flora of New Zealand Online and is used under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand licence.

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