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  • Containing and Removing Bamboo

    Bamboo growing at the edge of a roadway Frank Jurcik, Bamboo Invasions, Bugwood.org Updated: December 14, 2022 Key points about bamboo Several species of running bamboo have proven invasive …

  • Invasives in Your Woodland: Golden Bamboo

    … Roadside growth of Golden bamboo. Photo by Karan Rawlins/University of … Updated: May 3, 2022 By Andrew Kling Golden bamboo, also known as fishpole bamboo or running bamboo, is an invasive plant that was …

  • Bamboo

    Bamboo grass. Photo: Dr. John Meade, weed scientist emeritus, … Life cycle Perennial grass that forms woody stems. Golden Bamboo ( Phyllostachys aurea) Photo credit: James H. Miller, … Growth habit There are two main types running or clumping bamboo. They grow upright and tree-like or shrubby.  The …

  • Invasive Grass Control

    … Updated: February 22, 2023 Bamboo  (Phyllostachys and Pseudosasa spp.) Latin America, the Caribbean, and Asia contribute two types of bamboo: running and clumping. As its name suggests, running bamboo spreads vigorously by rhizomes. Running bamboo should …

  • Japanese Knotweed

    … February 22, 2023 About Japanese knotweed (Japanese bamboo) Life cycle Japanese knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum) … by 3 in. wide, oval with smooth margins; stems similar to bamboo, but on new foliage a membranous sheath surrounds area …

  • Weed Identification Photos in Maryland

    … Onions Yarrow Woody and vining weeds Autumn Olive Bindweed Privet Bradford Pear Burning Bush Butterfly Bush Chinese and Japanese Wisteria Dodder English Ivy Bush …

  • Invasive Herbaceous Plant Control

    … C/M/reC, PostE - see key below Japanese knotweed/Mexican bamboo (Polygonum cuspidatum) The hollow shoots of this Asian native have somewhat bamboo-like joints. Once valued for its white flowers and …

  • Invasives in Your Woodland

    … 2024) 2023 Princess Tree (Vol. 31, no. 1 - Winter 2023) Chinese and Japanese Wisterias (Vol. 31, no. 2 - Spring 2023) … Winged euonymus (Vol. 28, no. 3 - Summer 2020) Japanese privet (Vol. 28, no. 4 - Fall 2020) 2019 Japanese honeysuckle …

  • Plants for Mixed Privacy Screens

    … plants used for screens in the past ( bamboo , European privet , Chinese silvergrass , Chinese wisteria , Japanese barberry , and burning bush ) are …

  • Invasives in Your Woodland: Japanese Knotweed

    … was marketed under a variety of names, including Mexican bamboo, crimson beauty, Japanese fleece flower, and …