Poaceae

Sweetshoot bamboo

Phyllostachys dulcis McClure

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Phyllostachys

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Sweetshoot bamboo: Location taken: the New York Botanical Garden. Names: Phyllostachys dulcis McClure, Baibujizhu, Sweetshoot Bamboo, Vegetable Bambo Classification: Plantae > Mag — Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)

Chinese: 白哺鸡竹
Czech: Listoklasec sladký
English: Sweetshoot bamboo

Characteristics

Growth habit: Graminoid, Shrub, Subshrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Peter Chadzidocev, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.