Bambusa spp.

Common Name: bamboo

Family: Poaceae

Common Synonyms: none

USDA Hardiness Zone: 9a-12

Growth Habit: Bamboo

Origin: Southeast Asia

FISC Category: -

FDACS Listed Noxious Weed: No

Introduction Date: pre-1950s

IFAS Assessment:

• North: OK
• Central: OK
• South: OK

Description

Fast growing, variable heights up to 35 meters, mostly erect culms and grows in dense localized clumps. Branch complements usually with a dominant primary central branch and 2 smaller co-dominant lateral branches, usually similar at all nodes. Two types of leaves - culm and foliage. Rhizomes pachymorphic. Glumes several; lemmas narrowly ovate, acute, unawned.

Habitat

NA

Comments

IFAS labeled Bambusa bambos as a high invasion risk, but other Bambusa species are low invasion risk.

Control Methods

• Manual: NA
• Chemical: NA
• Biological: NA

Control Notes

NA

References

IFAS, UF. 2017. Assessment of Non-Native Plants in Florida's Natural Areas. https://assessment.ifas.ufl.edu/assessments/ Accessed March 26, 2022.

Boufford, D. E. Fumaria. In: Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds. 1993+. Flora of North America North of Mexico [Online]. 22+ vols. New York and Oxford. Vol. 24. http://beta.floranorthamerica.org/Bambusa. Accessed [7 July 2022].

Dave's Garden. 2022. Introduction to Bamboo. https://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/1168 Accessed July 27, 2022.