Get This: Outlawing Bamboo In New York and Connecticut, Go to Jail if You Grow It
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Yes, it grows like wild and you either hack it yourself or hire someone to do it, but I never thought I’d see the day when a township, any township, made it illegal to grow bamboo or fine you when it invades your neighbor’s yard. Apparently running bamboo, a variety that, when left unchecked, can leap from yard to yard like an STD, can damage home foundations and crack concrete, not to mention gardens. The canes can grow 40 feet tall. According to the Wall Street Journal, several communities on Long Island have passed ordinances to curb the plant, and a Connecticut state law takes effect in October that will make property owners liable for removal costs and damages if the bamboo spreads to their neighbors’ land.
Last May, Malverne, L.I. passed an ordinance banning the planting or growing of bamboo. Violators could be fined up to $350 or be subject to up to 15 days in jail.
Jail? For growing bamboo?
The Mayor of the Village of Malverne says this is a serious issue.
According to the Journal, “running bamboo differs from so-called clumping bamboo, said Logan Senack, Connecticut invasive plant coordinator at the University of Connecticut’s Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture. The clumping variety grows in clusters, and the bamboo canes remain close to the parent plant. The roots of running bamboo spread laterally several feet from the parent plant, enabling the plant to spread farther, he said.”
Jesse Neider for The Wall Street JournalPriscilla Weadon of Westport, Conn., examines an area of her garden that has been overrun by bamboo.
“Bamboo is native to Asia. Records of when bamboo was introduced in the U.S. are spotty, but it may have occurred in the late 19th century, by plant collectors and gardeners, said John Thompson, a member of the advisory committee of the National Invasive Species Council. Americans eventually began planting bamboo for its ornamental qualities and for extra privacy it provided yards.”
I’ve got bamboo, wonder if it’s running or clumping. Sound like a question for our landscape guru, Harold Leidner!
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Oh no! something else really important for our local government to decide for me.
People plant bamboo to typically screen something quickly.
Oh no! something else really important for our local government to decide for me.
People plant bamboo to typically screen something quickly.
Phyllostachys is the genus of invasive running bamboo. The species Phyllostachys aureosulcata – common name – Yellow groove bamboo is the most widespread species in the northeast – causing great damage and escaping into natural areas. Records are not spotty, in fact each species has a Plant Introduction number : Yellow groove bamboo is a giant temperate timber bamboo from Chekiang Province, China. Yellow groove was first introduced into the United States from China by F. N. Myer in 1908. Frank N. Myer was a collector at the Plant Introduction Station at Savannah, GA. This bamboo was introduced for trial as a stake and forage bamboo, and a farm usage crop. Identifying characteristics are: (1) The yellow groove called a sulcus on every other internode (space above branch attachments), during the first year or two of the life of a culm; (2) a slight roughness to the touch at first on the internodes of new culms; and (3) occasional culms with a striking zigzag growth involving two or three of the lower nodes and internodes, rarely seen in any other bamboo. It has been determined that most specimens in the 13 southernmost counties of Illinois around old home sites are not golden bamboo (P. aurea) but are yellow groove (P. aureosulcata).Max height 45 feet / cold hardy to -15 F. This species was named by McClure in 1945. * Please visit our website for more information – or email [email protected]
Phyllostachys is the genus of invasive running bamboo. The species Phyllostachys aureosulcata – common name – Yellow groove bamboo is the most widespread species in the northeast – causing great damage and escaping into natural areas. Records are not spotty, in fact each species has a Plant Introduction number : Yellow groove bamboo is a giant temperate timber bamboo from Chekiang Province, China. Yellow groove was first introduced into the United States from China by F. N. Myer in 1908. Frank N. Myer was a collector at the Plant Introduction Station at Savannah, GA. This bamboo was introduced for trial as a stake and forage bamboo, and a farm usage crop. Identifying characteristics are: (1) The yellow groove called a sulcus on every other internode (space above branch attachments), during the first year or two of the life of a culm; (2) a slight roughness to the touch at first on the internodes of new culms; and (3) occasional culms with a striking zigzag growth involving two or three of the lower nodes and internodes, rarely seen in any other bamboo. It has been determined that most specimens in the 13 southernmost counties of Illinois around old home sites are not golden bamboo (P. aurea) but are yellow groove (P. aureosulcata).Max height 45 feet / cold hardy to -15 F. This species was named by McClure in 1945. * Please visit our website for more information – or email [email protected]
I have no problem with the local government making a decision where a clueless person doesn’t make a prudent one! You can plant rynning bamboo where ever you wsnt, just make sure it’s contained. Just like having laws for dogs to have shots and to pick up after they shit; people don’t do it, so there has to be a law to make them do what common sense or social responsibility would normally do.
i heard a person in bozrah ct was able to cause a law to be made concerninging the the growing of bamboo.ihave a problem and would like to get in touch with wiwith with with with with her.