Phyllostachys aurea

Carriere ex Rivière & C. Rivière
Common names: Fishpole bamboo Golden bamboo
Introduced
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24.

Culms to 10 m tall, 1-4 cm thick, straight; internodes glabrous, initially green, becoming gray, glaucous soon after sheath-fall, some culms in every clump with 1 to several short internodes; nodal ridges moderately prominent; sheath scars not flared, fringed with short, persistent, white hairs. Culm leaves: sheaths with a basal line of minute white hairs, otherwise glabrous, pale olive-green to rosy-buff, with a sparse scattering of small brown spots and wine-colored or pale green veins, not glaucous; auricles and fimbriae absent; ligules short, slightly rounded, ciliate; blades lanceolate, somewhat crinkled below, upper blades pendulous. Foliage leaves: auricles and fimbriae well developed or lacking; ligules very short, glabrous or sparsely ciliolate; blades 4-15 cm long, 5-23 mm wide. 2n = 48.

Distribution

Md., Miss., Tex., La., Calif., Ala., Tenn., N.C., S.C., Va., Ark., Ga., Ky., Fla., Oreg.

Discussion

Phyllostachys aurea is native to China, but it is widely cultivated in temperate and subtropical regions. In North America, it grows as far north as Vancouver, British Columbia, in the west and Buffalo, New York, in the east. The young shoots are very palatable, even when raw, but the mature culms are very hard when dried. They are sometimes used for fishpoles. This species differs from other species of Phyllostachys, including those with brighter yellow culms, in having a raised collar below the nodes and irregularly compressed basal culm nodes.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"decumbent" is not a number.

... more about "Phyllostachys aurea"
Christopher M.A. Stapleton +  and Mary E. Barkworth +
Carriere ex Rivière & C. Rivière +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
keeled +  and rounded +
not compressed +
pseudopetiolate +
divergent +  and parallel +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
narrower +
deciduous +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
crinkled +  and lanceolate +
small +  and medium-sized +
thickened +  and narrow +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2.3 cm23 mm <br />0.023 m <br />) +
deflexed;erect +
spikelike +
unequal +
Fishpole bamboo +  and Golden bamboo +
branching +, complex +, solid +  and hollow +
straight +
pluricespitose +  and diffuse +
perennial +
self-supporting +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1,000 cm10,000 mm <br />10 m <br />) +
nodding +  and erect +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
Md. +, Miss. +, Tex. +, La. +, Calif. +, Ala. +, Tenn. +, N.C. +, S.C. +, Va. +, Ark. +, Ga. +, Ky. +, Fla. +  and Oreg. +
capillary +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
round +  and compressed +
subtending +
1 +  and 2 +
persistent +
uncinate +
minute +
bracteate +, spicate +  and subcapitate +
racemose +  and paniculate +
gray +  and green +
glaucous +  and glabrous +
branching +  and complex +
lanceolate +
ciliolate +  and glabrous +
inconspicuous +
simple +  and complex +
concealed +  and prominent +
swollen +
2 +  and 1 +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
2-keeled +
not glaucous +  and glabrous +
Introduced +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
small brown +
1 +  and 3 +
2 +  and 3 +
triangular +  and dome--shaped +
Gramineae +
Phyllostachys aurea +
Phyllostachys +
species +
membranous +
plant +  and shrublike +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +