Fishpole Bamboo

Phyllostachys aurea

IntroducedInvasive · FISC Category II

Invasive — FISC Category II. The Florida Invasive Species Council lists this plant as increasing in abundance or frequency, though not yet altering Florida plant communities to the extent of Category I species. Please don't plant it; if it's on your land, consider removing it. About the FISC list

Fishpole Bamboo (Phyllostachys aurea) — Photo: no rights reserved, uploaded by Florent · CC0 · source

Where it grows in Florida

Panhandle North Central SouthKeys

Panhandle: Bay, Leon, Walton
North: St. Johns
Central: Orange, Volusia
South: Lee, Martin

8 of 67 counties, from research-grade iNaturalist observations. They show where people have photographed it, not every place it grows — absence here isn't proof it's absent.

More in Phyllostachys

iNaturalist →Wikipedia →← All plants