Bamboo Genus Descriptions

admin — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:01:14 +0000

*Arundinaria*	Genus of small to medium size hardy running bamboos, with numerous branches at each node and persistent culm sheaths. New shoots in spring. Most species have been moved to other genera.
*Fargesia*	Clumping bamboos from the alpine conifer forests of west and southwest China. Medium to small and all very cold hardy, but not tolerant of extremely high summer temperatures. Flowers like toothbrushes.
*Indocalamus*	Small, running bamboos from China with large, broad leaves; similar to Sasa but with non-prominent culm nodes.
*Phyllostachys*	Medium to giant runners which have a distinct groove above pairs of unequal branches at mid-culm nodes. They shoot in spring.
*Pleioblastus*	Genus of small and medium size running bamboos with persistent culm leaves. Most are native to Japan, were formerly classified in Arundinaria.
*Sasa*	Running species dwarf or up to 6 feet tall with at most one branch per node. The leaves are usually large.
*Sasamorpha*	A genus of large-leafed running bamboos similar to Sasa.
*Semiarundinaria*	Medium size running bamboos with nearly cylindrical culms and culm leaves that hang for some time attached at the middle of their base.
*Shibataea*	A genus supposedly similar to Phyllostachys but much smaller with angular, zig-zagged culms and 3 to 5 branches at each node.

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