American bamboo grass - American bamboo grass

Japanese: アメリカコウヤザサ - あめりかこうやざさ
American bamboo grass - American bamboo grass

...The Japanese name is Koya-zasa, which probably means the bamboo that grows on Mount Koya in Wakayama Prefecture. This grass is distributed from the Chubu region west of Japan, Shikoku, and Kyushu to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River in China, and its basic variety, American Koya-zasa, is widely known in the Appalachian Mountains of the United States. It is a thin herb about 60 cm tall that grows in sparse forests and grasslands in mountainous areas, and grows in sparse clumps.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "American bamboo" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…和名は高野笹で,和歌山県高野山に生える笹の意味であろう。この草は日本の中部地方以西,四国,九州から中国の長江下流地域に分布し,その基本変種アメリカコウヤザサはアメリカ合衆国のアパラチア山脈に広く知られている。山地の疎林内や草地に生える,高さ60cmくらいの細い草本で,まばらに叢生(そうせい)する。…

※「アメリカコウヤザサ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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