Family: Poaceae
High Risk Traits:
- Thrives in tropical climates
- Related Bambusa species have become invasive
- May produce viable seeds that can be dispersed by gravity, wind or people
- May resprout after repeated cutting or harvesting of shoots and culms (may be difficult to remove from unwanted areas)
Low Risk Traits:
- No negative impacts have been documented
- Edible shoots
- Non-toxic
- Landscaping and ornamental value
- Will only flower after long life-span
- A clumping bamboo that will not spread vegetatively and is not likely to be spread accidentally due to sterility for most of its life cycle