Invasive Plant Control in the North Carolina Sandhills
Phyllostachys aurea - golden bamboo
There have been over
750 bamboo plant introductions into the United States. Of these,
twenty-four species and eleven cultivars have been in the Phyllostachys
genus. Golden bamboo was introduced in Alabama in 1882. In China, these
plants grow in deciduous and coniferous forests. It is used for paper
pulp, handicrafts and as a food source in many countries throughout
Asia. The name Phyllostachys comes from phyllon, meaning leaf, and stachys, meaning spike.
