(First upload on April 14 2011. Last on March 5 2022) [ 日本語 | English ]
Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Poaceae (Gramineae) (イネ科) > Phyllostachys nigra
Phyllostachys Sieb. et Zucc. (マダケ)Phyllostachys nigra (Loddiges) Munrovar. nigra (Kurochiku (クロチク, 黒竹), black bambooLifeform (生活型): evergreen bamboo < 4 m high Distribution: native to China (imported to Japan) Habitat: sunny sites with moist soil |
Shoot: young shoot is green, and well-developed shoot is black due to the accumulation of melanin induced by solar radiation Use: for fishing rods, unique furnishing, etc. Synonyms:
Bambusa nigra Loddiges cv. flavescens (キンメイハチク) cv. pendula (サカサダケ) |
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var. nigra [1-3] at a greenhouse in Yurigahara Park, Sapporo, on March 13 2011. [4-6] in Tomakomai Sun Garden glasshouse on January 10 2022.