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Phyllostachys aurea (golden bamboo)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Phyllostachys aurea is a bamboo species of the 'clumping bamboo' type, belonging to the diverse Bambuseae tribe. It is native to Fujian and Zhejiang in China. It is commonly known by the names fishpole bamboo, golden bamboo, monk's belly bamboo and fairyland bamboo (Australia).
View Wikipedia Record: Phyllostachys aurea

Attributes

Diameter [1]  1.8 inches (4.572 cm)
Height [3]  20 feet (6 m)
Width [3]  20 feet (6 m)
Drought Tolerance [2]  Low
Edible [3]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Fire Tolerance [2]  High
Flower Type [3]  Hermaphrodite
Frost Free Days [2]  6 months
Growth Form [2]  Rhizomatous
Growth Period [2]  Spring, Summer, Fall
Growth Rate [2]  Rapid
Leaf Type [3]  Evergreen
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Pollinators [3]  Wind
Propagation [2]  Bare Root, Container, Sprig
Root Depth [2]  14 inches (36 cm)
Shape/Orientation [2]  Erect
Structure [3]  Bamboo
Usage [3]  The canes make excellent plant supports and are also used for making items such as umbrella handles, walking sticks, fan handles and pipe stems; The canes are very hard but super-flexible; A fibre from the stems is used for making paper; The stems are harvested at any time of the year and crushed with a hammer. They are then cooked for 2 hours or more with lye and beaten in a ball mill for 4 hours. The fibre makes a yellow/gold to cream paper;
Vegetative Spread Rate [2]  Rapid
Fall Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Hardiness Zone Minimum [2]  USDA Zone: 6 Low Temperature: -10 F° (-23.3 C°) → 0 F° (-17.8 C°)
Light Preference [2]  Full Sun
Soil Acidity [2]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [2]  Infertile
Water Use [2]  Low
Foliage Color [2]  Green
Screening - Summer [2]  Dense
Screening - Winter [2]  Dense
View Plants For A Future Record : Phyllostachys aurea

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Reserva de la Biosfera de Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve V 1777 Spain  

Predators

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Puccinia longicornis[6]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1American Bamboo Society Species List
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 5Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 6Jorrit 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.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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