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§1 Plant
Phyllostachys aurea Carrière ex A. Rivière & C. Rivière
vernacular golden bamboo — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid, Shrub, Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Phyllostachys
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 41 counties across 9 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Low
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- High
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -3 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 180 min.
- Precipitation
- 35–65 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–7.5
- Root depth
- 14 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 15 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Dense
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- bare root, container, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Contracting Only
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 41 counties across 9 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 11 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 2 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 2 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PHAU8 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5290167 ↗Record version
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