Arrow bamboo
Pseudosasa japonica (Siebold & Zucc. ex Steud.) Makino ex Nakai
- light
- Any light
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 5.3 m
- wide
- 3.0 m
Poaceae
Formerly Arundinaria japonica, Arundinaria matake, Arundinaria metake, Arundinaria usawae, and 5 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- BambooKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- S. Korea, C. & S. JapanKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun or shadeRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Height
- 5.3 mRead from Wikipedia and Plants for a Future, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: Wikipedia 6–6 m; Plants for a Future 4.5–4.5 m
- Spread
- 3.0 mRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -17.7 °C (USDA zone 7a)Read from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: flowers, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (4)
- Chinese
- 箭竹, 包蘀矢竹, 日本矢竹
- Welsh
- bambŵ'r saethau
- Dutch
- Japanse bamboe
- Simplified Chinese
- 矢竹
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Plants for a Future, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 2.5
- 3D model: Pseudosasa japonica (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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