Common Bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris)

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Bambusa Vulgaris, or more commonly know as Common Bamboo, is a tree shrub subshrub with green foliage and brown flowers of the genus Bambusa. It has a rapid growth rate and a height of 50 feet at maturity. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. It's active growth period is year round, blooms during indeterminate and is intolerant of shade. Bambusa Vulgaris or Common Bamboo's floral region is North America US Lower 48, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and The Virgin Islands, specifically in the states of Florida, Hawaii and South Carolina.

• Category: Monocot
• Genus: Bambusa
• Family: Poaceae
• Order: Cyperales
• Class: Liliopsida
• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Duration: Perennial
• Growth Habit: Tree Shrub Subshrub
• Native Status: L48 (I) HI (I) PR (I) VI (I)
• National Wetland Indicator Status: UPL FACU
• Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 2(FACU) C(FACU) H(UPL)
• Active Growth Period: Year Round
• Allelopath: No
• Bloat: None
• C:N Ratio: High
• Coppice Potential: No
• Fall Conspicuous: No
• Fire Resistance: Yes
• Flower Color: Brown
• Flower Conspicuous: No
• Foliage Color: Green
• Foliage Texture: Fine
• Fruit/Seed Conspicuous: No
• Growth Form: Bunch
• Growth Rate: Rapid
• Height Mature (feet): 50
• Leaf Retention: Yes
• Lifespan: Long
• Low Growing Grass: No
• Resprout Ability: No
• Shape and Orientation: Erect
• Toxicity: None
• Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils: Yes
• Adapted to Fine Textured Soils: Yes
• Adapted to Medium Textured Soils: Yes
• Anaerobic Tolerance: Medium
• CaCO3 Tolerance: Medium
• Cold Stratification Required: No
• Drought Tolerance: Medium
• Fertility Requirement: Low
• Fire Tolerance: Low
• Frost Free Days Minimum: 365
• Hedge Tolerance: High
• Moisture Use: Medium
• pH (Minimum): 4
• pH (Maximum): 7
• Planting Density per Acre Minimum: 170
• Planting Density per Acre Maximum: 300
• Precipitation (Minimum): 60
• Precipitation (Maximum): 100
• Root Depth Minimum (inches): 24
• Salinity Tolerance: Medium
• Shade Tolerance: Intolerant
• Temperature Minimum (°F): 17
• Bloom Period: Indeterminate
• Commercial Availability: Routinely Available
• Fruit/Seed Abundance: Low
• Fruit/Seed Period Begin: Year Round
• Fruit/Seed Period End: Year Round
• Fruit/Seed Persistence: No
• Propagated by Bare Root: Yes
• Propagated by Bulbs: No
• Propagated by Container: Yes
• Propagated by Corms: No
• Propagated by Cuttings: No
• Propagated by Seed: Yes
• Propagated by Sod: No
• Propagated by Sprigs: Yes
• Propagated by Tubers: No
• Seed Spread Rate: Slow
• Small Grain: No
• Vegetative Spread Rate: Slow

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