Poaceae

Northern bamboo

Sasamorpha borealis (Hack.) Nakai

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Sasamorpha

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Northern bamboo (Sasamorpha borealis) — Photo: Bruce Calvert, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (4)

Chinese: 北方华箬竹, 北方華箬竹
English: Northern bamboo
Japanese: スズタケ
Korean: 조릿대

Synonyms

Arundinaria borealis (Hack.) Makino
Arundinaria kurilensis var. spiculosa J.A.Schmidt
Arundinaria munsuensis Y.N.Lee
Arundinaria purpurascens Hack.
Bambusa borealis Hack.
Bambusa purpurascens (Hack.) Makino
Neosasamorpha tobaeana (Makino & Uchida) Tatew.
Pseudosasa purpurascens (Hack.) Makino
Pseudosasa spiculosa (J.A.Schmidt) Makino
Pseudosasa spiculosa f. angustior Makino
Sasa amabilis Makino & Nakai
Sasa borealis (Hack.) Makino & Shibata
Sasa borealis subsp. viridescens (Nakai) Demoly
Sasa borealis var. viridescens (Nakai) Yonek.
Sasa chiisanensis (Nakai) Y.N.Lee
Sasa morotonensis Koidz.
Sasa purpurascens (Hack.) E.G.Camus
Sasa spiculosa (J.A.Schmidt) Makino
Sasa spiculosa f. angustior Makino
Sasa spiculosa var. subpubescens Makino & Uchida
Sasa tobaeana Makino & Uchida
Sasa tobaeana var. pilosa Makino & Uchida
Sasamorpha amabilis Nakai
Sasamorpha borealis var. amabilis (Nakai) Hiyama
Sasamorpha borealis var. angustior (Makino) Sad.Suzuki
Sasamorpha borealis var. pilosa (Makino & Uchida) Sad.Suzuki
Sasamorpha borealis var. purpurascens (Hack.) Hiyama
Sasamorpha borealis var. viridescens (Nakai) Sad.Suzuki
Sasamorpha chiisanensis Nakai
Sasamorpha gracilis Nakai
Sasamorpha mollis Nakai
Sasamorpha purpurascens (Hack.) Nakai
Sasamorpha purpurascens f. macrochaeta Nakai
Sasamorpha purpurascens f. psilostachys (Nakai) Tatew.
Sasamorpha purpurascens f. subpubescens (Makino & Uchida) Nakai
Sasamorpha purpurascens var. angustior (Makino) Nakai
Sasamorpha purpurascens var. borealis (Hack.) Nakai
Sasamorpha purpurascens var. macrochaeta (Nakai) Nakai
Sasamorpha purpurascens var. psilostachys Nakai
Sasamorpha purpurascens var. viridescens Nakai

and 3 more.

Photos

Photo: Bruce Calvert, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: harum.koh, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: harum.koh, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.