Scientific Name:	Shibataea kumasasa
Pronunciation:	she-BAT-ee-a koo-muh-SAS-uh
Common Name:	zig-zag bamboo, ruscus-leaved bamboo
Family Name:	Poaceae
Plant Type:	Bamboo, Poales (grass-like)
Key ID Features:	Clump forming bamboo, <1.5 m height; stems red tinged; leaves elliptic, light green/white tips, up to 10 cm long.
Course(s):	HORT 2355

Habit: Dense, Twiggy, Upright Form: Round Texture: Medium Mature Size: Height: 1.3 - 2.0m Spread: 0.6 - 1.0m Growth Rate: Moderate Origin: S.E. Asia / Japan / China Hardiness Rating: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 C) Exposure: Filtered shade, Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Humus rich, Well-drained Water Use: Moderate Landscape Uses: Accent plant, Container planting, Filler, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Specimen plant, Wetland - bogs Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Form: Lobed Arrangement: Whorled Texture/ Venation: Soft flexible Surfaces: Glabrous Colour in Fall: Green-yellow Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Elliptic Apices: Acute Bases: Cuneate Margins: Entire

Inflorescence Type: Spikelet Flower Morphology: Colour (petals): Flower Time at Peak: Additional Info: Rarely flowers locally

Fruit Type: Grain (caryopsis) Fruit Colour: Brown Fruiting Time: Additional Info: Fruit insignificant

Bark Morphology: Showy, Smooth, Multi-stem trunk Bark or Stem Colour: Green     Organ Modifications: Fleshy monocot roots, Rhizomes, Stipule, leafy

Propagation:	Division - below ground parts
Plant Care:
Maintenance:	Low
Pest Susceptibility:	Deer resistant, Rust, Slugs or snails, Fungal leaf spot, Mites

Location(s): (GAZ) GAZebo (GAZS) GAZebo South : q. 10+ Location Map

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