Bambusa multiplex ‘Alphonse Karr’
Hedge bamboo
Alphonse Karr is a cultivar of hedge bamboo. The parent plant is native to China. Some bamboos are invasive; this one, according to the horticulture vendors, is not. It is often grown as a living fence.
Plants: This bamboo grows in tight clusters. Stems are gold-colored, sometimes with a tinge of magenta, and with occasional vertical green stripes. It reaches 10–30′ (3–9.1 m) in height. Stalks are up to 1¾″ (5 cm) around.
Leaves: Lanceolate, and up to 7″ (17 cm) long.
Flowers: ?
Fruits: ?
Habitats: Natural plants are tropical.
2/26/2010 · San Diego Zoo, San Diego, California 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Liliopsida | Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family |
| Subclass | Commelinidae | Dayflowers and spiderworts, and several others |
| Order | Cyperales | Flowering plants including grasses |
| Family | Poaceae | Grasses (but not sedges or rushes) |
| Genus | Bambusa | About 130 species of bamboos |
| Species | multiplex | Much folded, hence doubled |
Bambusa multiplex ‘Alphonse Karr’ description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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