Poaceae

Subfamily Bambusoideae
Tribe Bambuseae

• Fargesia murielae
• Phyllostachys nidularia
• Phyllostachys nigra 'Hale'
• Pleioblastus humilis
• Sasaella ramosa

Subfamily Bambusoideae
Tribe Oryzeae

• Oryza sativa

Subfamily Chloridoideae
Tribe Chloridoid Assemblage

• Spartina bakeri

Subfamily Panicoideae
Tribe Andropogoneae

• Cymbopogon flexuosus
• Saccharum officinarum
• Schizachyrium scoparium

Subfamily Panicoideae
Tribe Maydeae

• Coix lacryma-jobi
• Zea mexicana

Subfamily Panicoideae
Tribe Paniceae

• Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon
• Oplismenus hirtelllus `Variegatus'
• Stenotaphrum secundatum `Variegatum'

• Query IPNI
• Common Name: Black Bamboo
• Family: Poaceae Barnh.

• Country of Origin: southern China
• Habitat: Fertile and moist places, also by streams

• Description: syn - Bambusa nigra. Graceful black-culmed bamboo to 8m high and 3-5cm thick, green at first later speckled, then all black; slim branchlets with small leaves commonly 8 cm long, culm sheaths greenish to buff; thin-walled; hardy to about Norfolk, VA, and where temperatures do not go below about -20C. Sub-tropic to warm temperate