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Sasa palmata

Green Belt above London St, Whanganui. Young culm; culms reach 2 m tall.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 15/10/2007, Licence: Public domain.

Green Belt above London St, Whanganui. Interior of widely suckering patch; culms 2 m tall.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 23/01/2024, Licence: Public domain. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Green Belt above London St, Whanganui. Edge of widely suckering patch; culms 2 m tall.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 23/01/2024, Licence: Public domain. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Green Belt above London St, Whanganui. Upper sides of leaves.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 23/01/2024, Licence: Public domain. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Green Belt above London St, Whanganui. Undersides of leaves.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 23/01/2024, Licence: Public domain. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Green Belt above London St, Whanganui. Edge of widely suckering patch, above deep ditch by railway; culms 2 m tall.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 23/01/2024, 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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Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Category

Vascular

Structural class

Grasses

Simplified description

Extensively rhizomatous bamboo; culms 1.5-(3) m tall, to 7 mm diameter. Leaves slightly discolorous.

Habitat

The Whanganui patch is on wet toeslope of old river scarp

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Family

Authority

Sasa palmata (Burb.) E.G.Camus

Endemic family

No

Ecology

Year naturalised

1993

Origin

Japan, S. Korea, Sakhalin Island.