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Pleioblastus fortunei (pygmy bamboo)

Synonyms:

Attributes

Diameter [1]  0.2 inches (0.508 cm)
Height [1]  3.999 feet (1.2192 m)
Growth Form [1]  Rhizomatous
Structure [2]  Bamboo
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 8 Low Temperature: 10 F° (-12.2 C°) → 20 F° (-6.7 C°)
Light Preference [1]  Mixed Sun/Shade

Protected Areas

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

Predators

Antonina crawi (cottony bamboo scale)[3]
Idiococcus bambusae[3]
Ischnafiorinia bambusae[3]
Unachionaspis tenuis[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1American Bamboo Society Species List
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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