Appearance

Phyllostachys aureosulcata is a cold-hardy running bamboo with a distinctive yellow stripe in the culm groove that is often grown as an ornamental. It is native to temperate Asia.

Foliage

The lanceolate, pointed, olive-green leaves are up to 7 in. long. Leaves are hairy at the bases and generally evergreen.

Flowers

It rarely flowers.

Fruit

Although it rarely flowers or produces viable seed, it reproduces and spreads very quickly via underground rhizomes.

Ecological Threat

Phyllostachys aureosulcata prefers full sun but can grow and spread under forest canopies. It is commonly found in suburban woodlands, around old homesites, and along roads. It seems to spread most rapidly in moist soils. In riparian areas, rhizomes can be washed downstream, starting new infestations.

Citations

Rawlins, K.A., R.L. Winston, C.T. Bargeron, D.J. Moorhead, and R. Carroll. 2018. New Invaders of the Northeast and Northcentral United States. USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Assessment and Applied Sciences Team, Morgantown, West Virginia. FHTET-2017-04. Retrieved from https://bugwoodcloud.org/resource/pdf/FHTET-2017-04_New%20Invaders_NE.pdf

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Invasive Listing Sources

• Invasive Plant Species of West Virginia
• Maine Invasive Plants
• Maryland Code and Regulations of Invasive Plants
• Maryland Invasive Species Council - Invasive Species of Concern in Maryland
• National Park Service, Mid-Atlantic Exotic Plant Management Team Invasive Plant List
• New Invaders of the Northeast and Northcentral
• New York Regulated and Prohibited Invasive Species - Prohibited
• Non-Native Invasive Plants of Arlington County, Virginia
• Non-Native Invasive Plants of the City of Alexandria, Virginia
• Ohio Noxious Weeds
• Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Invasive Plants
• West Virginia Native Plant Society, Flora West Virginia Project, and West Virginia Curatorial Database System, September 3, 1999

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