Native to China Southeast, Hainan, Japan, Korea, Kuril Is., Sakhalin; introduced into Czechia-Slovakia, France, Great Britain, Ireland, New Zealand North, New Zealand South (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Japan, Honshu, Niigata
36.848667, 138.137194
Location Remarks
Myoko-Togakushi Renzan National Park. Suginosawa. Road 280 (on Google Maps) east to parking for trail to Naena-taki (waterfall). 785 m elev.
Collectors
David E. Boufford, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Large, dense patches in volcanic ash on the mountain slope.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Sasa
Authorship
Makino & Shibata