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Phyllostachys vivax

Stem and bract. Whanganui. Oct 2009.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, 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>

Stem node. Whanganui. Oct 2009.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, 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>

Beside Gerse St, Whanganui East.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 28/10/2009, Licence: Public domain. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Beside Gerse St, Whanganui East, with suckers under the mown berm, right to the street kerb.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 28/10/2009, 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

Japanese timber bamboo

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Monocotyledons

Simplified description

Large bamboo: culms to 130 mm diam at chest height and > 15 m tall; suckering.

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Phyllostachys

Family

Poaceae

Authority

Phyllostachys vivax McClure

Synonyms

Misidentified in NZPCN earlier, as P. heterocycla

Endemic family

Ecology

Year naturalised

2009

Reason for introduction

ornamental, timber

Referencing and citations

Attribution

Chris Stapleton via iNaturalist

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