PLANTS Profile for Phyllostachys nigra (black bamboo)

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PLANTS Profile

Phyllostachys nigra (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Munro
black bamboo


Symbol:		PHNI80
Group:		Monocot
Family:		Poaceae
Growth Habit:		Shrub Graminoid
Duration:		Perennial
U.S. Nativity:		Introduced

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Plant Synonyms:
Phyllostachys nigra (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Munro

	PHHE14	Phyllostachys henionis Mitf.
	PHNIH2	Phyllostachys nigra (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Munro var. henionis (Mitf.) Stapf ex Rendle

Plant Distribution by State:
Phyllostachys nigra (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Munro

State Distributional Map for Phyllostachys nigra (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Munro

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Phyllostachys nigra (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Munro occures in the following states: Georgia, Hawaii, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia

Related Taxa:
Phyllostachys nigra (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Munro

View 334 genera in Poaceae, 20 species in Phyllostachys

Classification:
Phyllostachys nigra (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Munro

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae –
Order	Cyperales –
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Phyllostachys Sieb. & Zucc. – bamboo
Species	Phyllostachys nigra (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Munro – black bamboo

Invasive Information:
Phyllostachys nigra (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Munro

black bamboo

This plant is considered invasive by the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each invasive plant list, or click here for a composite list of Invasive Plants of the U.S.

HEAR

USDI, Geological Survey. 1999. Information Index for Selected Alien Plants in Hawaii(http://www.hear.org, October 20, 1999). Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project, Biological Resources Division, Haleakala Field Station. Makawao, Hawaii.

Introduced Information:
Phyllostachys nigra (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Munro

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Phyllostachys nigra (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Munro

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 504360.

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