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Sasa veitchii (kuma bamboo grass)

Synonyms:

Attributes

Diameter [1]  0.3 inches (0.762 cm)
Height [1]  4.999 feet (1.524 m)
Growth Form [1]  Rhizomatous
Structure [2]  Bamboo
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 7 Low Temperature: 0 F° (-17.8 C°) → 10 F° (-12.2 C°)
Light Preference [1]  Mostly Shady

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Isles of Scilly Complex 66350 England, United Kingdom    
Thursley, Ash, Pirbright and Chobham 12696 England, United Kingdom

Predators

Nikkoaspis shiranensis[3]
Unachionaspis signata[3]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Puccinia longicornis[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1American Bamboo Society Species List
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0