Bambusa vulgaris
naturalizedPoaceae

Bambusa vulgaris

common bamboo

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Bambusa vulgaris, common bamboo, is an open-clump type bamboo species. It is native to Indochina and to the province of Yunnan in southern China, but it has been widely cultivated in many other places and has become naturalized in several. Among bamboo species, it is one of the largest and most easily recognized.

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Seasonality

Only 2 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

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Where documented · 58 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 200 · GBIF 106 records
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiiNat 66 · GBIF 47
Honopou · MauiiNat 18 · GBIF 12
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 13 · GBIF 10
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 15 · GBIF 8
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 9 · GBIF 1
Keʻanae · MauiiNat 7 · GBIF 2
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 2
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 2
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Wailua · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Keahialaka · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Puʻuhaoa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kamaʻeʻe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1