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Native Texas Bamboo
Today I stopped at a place outside of town where a large patch of
what looks to be a native Bamboo is growing. It's about twenty feet tall, an inch in diameter and has seed heads at the top. We are having a severe drought here but these look healthy and couldn't be pulled out of the ground, so I cut off some seed heads and will let them dry before I throw them around some places away from the house. Will these start growing in the winter if I throw seed out before spring? These don't appear to be running or clumping Bamboo, but I'm not an expert. Anyone interested in getting some seeds? I wonder what the restrictions would be for sending seeds to Florida, California or some other states if someone from there wanted seeds? Mysterious Traveler West Texas |
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Native Texas Bamboo
Mysterious Traveler wrote:
Today I stopped at a place outside of town where a large patch of what looks to be a native Bamboo is growing. It's about twenty feet tall, an inch in diameter and has seed heads at the top. We are having a severe drought here but these look healthy and couldn't be pulled out of the ground, so I cut off some seed heads and will let them dry before I throw them around some places away from the house. Will these start growing in the winter if I throw seed out before spring? These don't appear to be running or clumping Bamboo, but I'm not an expert. Anyone interested in getting some seeds? I wonder what the restrictions would be for sending seeds to Florida, California or some other states if someone from there wanted seeds? Mysterious Traveler West Texas The book at www.seedgarden.co.uk/ebooks/bambooebook.pdf makes recommendations regarding bamboo seeds. If you get the opportunity to take and post some pictures of this plant (the stems, leaves, seeds and where it comes out of the ground), someone may be able to suggest an identification. I can't comment on the restrictions of sending seeds as I live in Europe. |
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If you exclude running and clumping, what other possibility is there?
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Native Texas Bamboo
Mysterious Traveler wrote:
Today I stopped at a place outside of town where a large patch of what looks to be a native Bamboo is growing. It's about twenty feet tall, an inch in diameter and has seed heads at the top. We are having a severe drought here but these look healthy and couldn't be pulled out of the ground, so I cut off some seed heads and will let them dry before I throw them around some places away from the house. Will these start growing in the winter if I throw seed out before spring? These don't appear to be running or clumping Bamboo, but I'm not an expert. Anyone interested in getting some seeds? I wonder what the restrictions would be for sending seeds to Florida, California or some other states if someone from there wanted seeds? Mysterious Traveler West Texas there is no native texas bamboo, there is one native american bamboo found in southeast-- east of the Mississippi river all other bamboos in US are imports sounds like knotweed which is not a bamboo |
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Native Texas Bamboo
downhill wrote:
Mysterious Traveler wrote: Today I stopped at a place outside of town where a large patch of what looks to be a native Bamboo is growing. It's about twenty feet tall, an inch in diameter and has seed heads at the top. We are having a severe drought here but these look healthy and couldn't be pulled out of the ground, so I cut off some seed heads and will let them dry before I throw them around some places away from the house. Will these start growing in the winter if I throw seed out before spring? These don't appear to be running or clumping Bamboo, but I'm not an expert. Anyone interested in getting some seeds? I wonder what the restrictions would be for sending seeds to Florida, California or some other states if someone from there wanted seeds? Mysterious Traveler West Texas there is no native texas bamboo, there is one native american bamboo found in southeast-- east of the Mississippi river all other bamboos in US are imports sounds like knotweed which is not a bamboo From the pictures on Google, it doesn't look anything like Knotweed. It has the long tall segmented stalk like Bamboo, but it doesn't grow in clumps, although it does grow in a stand, but there aren't any runners that I could see. Does Bamboo have seed heads at the top? Mysterious Traveler |
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Native Texas Bamboo
echinosum wrote:
Mysterious Traveler;864263 Wrote: These don't appear to be running or clumping Bamboo If you exclude running and clumping, what other possibility is there? Maybe it is clumping Bamboo, it's in large stands. But as I said, I'm not an expert. Mysterious Traveler |
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Native Texas Bamboo
echinosum wrote:
Mysterious Traveler;864263 Wrote: These don't appear to be running or clumping Bamboo If you exclude running and clumping, what other possibility is there? Maybe it is clumping Bamboo, it's in large stands. But as I said, I'm not an expert. Mysterious Traveler |
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And Arundinaria gigantea does grow naturally in Texas according to a number of sources I have found. This one is quite explicit. http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20o?s...naria+gigantea But, no, bamboo does not have seed heads at the top. It has the seeds along the side branches. Here's an example on this page. http://jizogarden.wordpress.com/2009/04/ Another example here http://www.realoasis.net/?p=450 So maybe you found some A. gigantea. Or maybe what you have seen is some other kind of grass. There are other large grasses that have segmented stalks like bamboo, but have seeds clumped at the top. |
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Native Texas Bamboo
On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:24:28 -0500, Mysterious Traveler
wrote: Today I stopped at a place outside of town where a large patch of what looks to be a native Bamboo is growing. It's about twenty feet tall, an inch in diameter and has seed heads at the top. We are having a severe drought here but these look healthy and couldn't be pulled out of the ground, so I cut off some seed heads and will let them dry before I throw them around some places away from the house. Will these start growing in the winter if I throw seed out before spring? These don't appear to be running or clumping Bamboo, but I'm not an expert. Anyone interested in getting some seeds? I wonder what the restrictions would be for sending seeds to Florida, California or some other states if someone from there wanted seeds? Mysterious Traveler West Texas It is probably Cane, Arundinaria sp. (syn Arundo sp) If it is it, is a noxious weed in California. Even though the climate is too dry for Cane to grow in most of California, it can be invasive along riverbanks and other wet places. -- 09=ix |
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Native Texas Bamboo
Garrapata wrote:
On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:24:28 -0500, Mysterious Traveler wrote: Today I stopped at a place outside of town where a large patch of what looks to be a native Bamboo is growing. It's about twenty feet tall, an inch in diameter and has seed heads at the top. We are having a severe drought here but these look healthy and couldn't be pulled out of the ground, so I cut off some seed heads and will let them dry before I throw them around some places away from the house. Will these start growing in the winter if I throw seed out before spring? These don't appear to be running or clumping Bamboo, but I'm not an expert. Anyone interested in getting some seeds? I wonder what the restrictions would be for sending seeds to Florida, California or some other states if someone from there wanted seeds? Mysterious Traveler West Texas It is probably Cane, Arundinaria sp. (syn Arundo sp) If it is it, is a noxious weed in California. Even though the climate is too dry for Cane to grow in most of California, it can be invasive along riverbanks and other wet places. Cane... that sounds reasonable. Google image search for Arundinaria sp showed some pictures that look similar. When I drive to town in the next few days I'll take pictures and post a link. Mysterious Traveler West Texas |
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