Sasa palmata
Family
Poaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Grasses
Conservation status
Not applicable
Brief 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
Year naturalised
1993
Origin
Japan, S. Korea, Sakhalin Island.
NZPCN Fact Sheet citation
Please cite as: Ogle, C. (Year at time of access): Sasa palmata Fact Sheet (content continuously updated). New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/sasa-palmata/ (Date website was queried)