PLANTS Profile for Nandina domestica (sacred bamboo)

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Nandina domestica Thunb.
sacred bamboo

Symbol:

NADO

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Berberidaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS NPDC. United States, CA, San Francisco, Golden Gate Park, Strybing Arboretum. October 1, 2002. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Nandina domestica Thunb.

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Distribution:
Nandina domestica Thunb.


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USA (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TX, VA)

Related Taxa:
Nandina domestica Thunb.

View 11 genera in Berberidaceae, 1 species in Nandina

Classification:
Nandina domestica Thunb.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Ranunculales
Family	Berberidaceae – Barberry family
Genus	Nandina Thunb. – nandina
Species	Nandina domestica Thunb. – sacred bamboo

U.S. Weed Information:
Nandina domestica Thunb.

heavenly bamboo
nanten
sacred bamboo

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

FLEPPC

Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1999. Invasive plant list (19 October 1999). Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. Florida.

Introduced Information:
Nandina domestica Thunb.

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Nandina domestica Thunb.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18848.

Related Web Sites:
Nandina domestica Thunb.

Floridata: horticultural abstract and image

Tsukuba Botanical Garden: image

University of Hawaii Campus Plants: images

Time Generated: 09/24/2008 08:15 AM MDT