Pleioblastus gramineus Nakai

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Pleioblastus

Characteristics

Rather dense thicket-forming; rhizomes running ± extensively. Culms c. 2-c. 3 m, erect, green; internodes terete. Sheath-blades very narrowly triangular. Branches many from each middle and upper node. Leaf-sheath oblique at apex. Ligule 2-3 mm, minutely puberulent, often purplish. Leaf-blade 8-18-(22) × 0.4-0.8 cm (to 1.5 cm wide on strong young culms on outside of clump), linear-lanceolate, ± uniformly green, finely but conspicuously tessellate, long acuminate with finely tapering tips.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 3.0
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Not known
Light 4-8
Soil humidity 4-7
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

Uses -
Edible shoots stems
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
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Minimum temperature (C°) -14
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Pleioblastus gramineus world distribution map, present in Cook Islands, Japan, and New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:416275-1
WFO ID wfo-0000891029
COL ID 4K68G
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Arundinaria graminea Pleioblastus gramineus Arundinaria hindsii var. graminea Thamnocalamus hindsii var. gramineus Thamnocalamus hindsii var. graminea