Pleioblastus fortunei (Van Houtte) Nakai

Locations ofPleioblastus fortunei (Van Houtte) Nakai in Virginia

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Family
Poaceae
Botanical Name
Pleioblastus fortunei (Van Houtte) Nakai
Common Name
Pygmy Bamboo, Dwarf Fern-leaf Bamboo
Synonym(s)
Pleioblastus pygmaeus (Miq.) Nakai; Pleioblastus variegatus (Sieb. ex Miq.) Makino
Flora of Virginia Name/Status
Not in Flora of Virginia
Comments
This low-growing bamboo is frequently cultivated and is often described as "invasive" in horticultural literature; however, it has not been reported as an escape in other states, as far as we know. The Virginia populations must be regarded as adventive until proven otherwise.
Habitat
Reported by Steury (Banisteria 37, 2011) from the bank of Dead Run in Fairfax County, a site at which it could not have been planted. More recently found at another site on the George Washington Memorial Parkway (B. Steury, pers. comm.), and by Sharon Snyder in a forest near Crozet, Albemarle County. See also Steury, Triplett, and Parrish (Castanea 78(2): 138-139) for additional details about some of these collections and others in nearby Maryland and the District of Columbia.
Native Status
Introduced

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