Bamboo?

[jagermeister]

This is a first for me. Do y’all have bamboo growing in SE Ohio? I was on a job site today in Vinton County and came upon this patch. Is it bamboo or something that looks dang similar? Crazy stuff! In the close up pics, each one of those stems is > or = 1” in diameter.

 

[Hedgelj]

Looks like it to me, time to make a cane pole ir fly rod!

 

[jagermeister]

It would make for one heck of a privacy fence or plot screen. I wonder how invasive it is?

 

[Bigcountry40]

Looks similar to the reeds or plant that grows next to railroad tracks.

 

[JARHEAD]

It's damn near impossible to kill! My damn neighbors thought it would be great in their backyard, now it's 20 foot tall.

 

[jagermeister]

Looks similar to the reeds or plant that grows next to railroad tracks.

You’re probably thinking of Phragmites. This was definitely not phrag.

According to my plant ID app, it’s golden bamboo. Cultivated… non native, of course.

 

[finelyshedded]

There’s a guy near us that sells it and we thought how nice of privacy it would provide around our spa. I hear it is VERY invasive and you need to sink in a subterranean(lack of a better term) barrier around the perimeter of the patch as it will spread like crazy. There’s a guy a few miles away that planted a screen of it between him and his neighbors and it’s long and wide(50yds long and 10-15yds wide) and I seriously doubt a small animal like a cat or squirrel to walk through it. Lmao

 

[Sgt Fury]

It would make for one heck of a privacy fence or plot screen. I wonder how invasive it is?

It is VERY invasive. I had some on my property and had to use a backhoe to get it out. Still have a few that come up every year and I have to use the backhoe to dig out the roots. They can travel 30 or more yards underground and pop up again. By the time you notice it, it already sent out roots 30-40 yards in different directions. I would caution against planting it. There are several varieties…some are Bigger around than a soda can. If you do decide to plant it, put concrete or steel completely around it…6” higher than the soil line and 2-3 feet deep. some people just mow it while it’s soft and growing, but the roots that are underground get bigger, deeper and spread out like a spider web. Ive seen fields that have it for hundreds of yards and it is very thick. Be very careful if you decide to plant it.

 

[Bigcountry40]

You’re probably thinking of Phragmites. This was definitely not phrag.

According to my plant ID app, it’s golden bamboo. Cultivated… non native, of course.

No not phrags, they are Bamboo like and green and not very tall, they are on the side of railroad tracks in erie county, Sandusky and Seneca county as I’ve rabbit hunted next tracks in all three places, never seen them anywhere else other than next to tracks.

 

[giles]

That's bamboo. We have a few spots here in SW Ohio with it. Terrible stuff. I do NOT suggest introducing it to any property. The one spot I drive past to hunt started as just a tiny spot 10 years ago, now it's taken over an acre and is the only thing alive in that acre.

 

[giles]

No not phrags, they are Bamboo like and green and not very tall, they are on the side of railroad tracks in erie county, Sandusky and Seneca county as I’ve rabbit hunted next tracks in all three places, never seen them anywhere else other than next to tracks.

Make a waxy squeak sound when you walk in it?

 

[Bigcountry40]

Make a waxy squeak sound when you walk in it?

I wanna say yes, but I can’t remember it’s been years since I’ve trespassed

 

[giles]

I wanna say yes, but I can’t remember it’s been years since I’ve trespassed

@LonewolfNopack what is that grass called along the creek? That bottom I hunt is covered in it.

 

[Bigcountry40]

Horsetail or horse tail ! It’s reed, researched it for a couple minutes

 

[jagermeister]

No not phrags, they are Bamboo like and green and not very tall, they are on the side of railroad tracks in erie county, Sandusky and Seneca county as I’ve rabbit hunted next tracks in all three places, never seen them anywhere else other than next to tracks.

Ahhh. Probably Equisetum… aka horsetail.

 

[Jackalope]

Ahhh. Probably Equisetum… aka horsetail.

Aka snake reed down here. Sure fire way to get bit walking in that stuff here.

As for the other stuff that's undoubtedly bamboo. Grows everywhere here we call that species river cane as it usually grows along banks and marshy areas. Plan it and it'll give you something to do and bitch about the rest of your life.

 

[LonewolfNopack]

@LonewolfNopack what is that grass called along the creek? That bottom I hunt is covered in it.

Not sure what you are talking about? An invasive grass? If so its probably Reed Canary Grass.

As for the bamboo, highly invasive as others have stated and starting to show itself all over Southern Ohio. It's a no go.

 

[gjs4]

We have bamboo in Athens and that sure looks like it.

As for invasive- I started a thread on it a few months back wondering how it would work in deer screening applications. Was told the same- highly invasive and unless you chem treat it it comes back thicker after mowing.

If you find it in a remote area, even on public be wary as it apparently is often used to hide pot plants.

Have lots of Japanese knotweed around too- esp on ROWs- when it is younger and green it has a similar look but then migrates toward a red color. Hollow stems and much easier to break than bamboo.

 

[Smawgunner2]

Shit is evil. We have Japanese knotweed too…equally as evil. Nothing eats it or uses it, crowds out anything a deer or other wildlife would eat. Totally useless.

 

[bowhunter1023]

Bamboo is a frequent sight around here, right along with the Japanese knotweed as Gunner mentioned. Add in Johnsongrass, cocklebur, and poison hemlock and we're a veritable cesspool of invasive down here. The OG invasives autumn olive and multiflora rose feel like natives at this point.