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Black bamboo

Phyllostachys nigra

62Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
20Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb5
Mar3
Apr4
May7
Jun6
Jul10
Aug5
Sep6
Oct9
Nov2
Dec3

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England4
2Cornwall England4
3Norfolk England3
4Suffolk England2
5Worcestershire England2
6West Berkshire England2
7Devon England1
8City of Edinburgh Scotland1
9South Ayrshire Scotland1
10Nottinghamshire England1
11Gwynedd Wales1
12Perth and Kinross Scotland1
13Trafford England1
14Scottish Borders Scotland1
15Bath and North East Somerset England1
16 England1 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
62
Peak month
July
Counties with records
20
Scientific name
Phyllostachys nigra
Group
Flowering plants
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Phyllostachys
Name with authority
Phyllostachys nigra (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Munro

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q983798 · GBIF 5290171