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Bamboo Source List No. 29 Spring 2009

This is the twenty-ninth year that the American Bamboo Several existing cultivar names are not fully in accord with Society (ABS) has compiled a Source List of bamboo requirements for naming cultivars. In the interests of and products. The List includes more than 400 kinds nomenclature stability, conflicts such as these are (species, subspecies, varieties, and cultivars) of bamboo overlooked to allow continued use of familiar names rather available in the US and Canada, and many bamboo-related than the creation of new ones. The Source List editors products. reserve the right to continue recognizing widely used names that may not be fully in accord with the International Code The ABS produces the Source List as a public service. It is of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP) and to published on the ABS website: www.AmericanBamboo.org . recognize identical cultivar names in different species of the Paper copies are sent to all ABS members and can also be same as long as the species is stated. ordered from ABS for $5.00 postpaid. Some ABS chapters and listed vendors also sell the Source List. Please see page Many new bamboo cultivars still require naming, 3 for ordering information and pages 54 and following for description, and formal publication. Growers with new more information about the American Bamboo Society, its cultivars should consider publishing articles in the ABS chapters, and membership application. magazine, “Bamboo.” Among other requirements, keep in mind that new cultivars must satisfy three criteria: The vendor sources for plants, products, and services are distinctiveness, uniformity, and stability. Additional complied annually from information supplied by the information is available from the International Society for vendors. We have tried to record all information accurately, Horticultural Science in the document, “How to name a new but some error is inevitable and information may change cultivar.” The document is available on the Web at: during the life of the Source List. If you find errors, please report them to the Source List editors (see page 3). No Numeric Limitations guarantee is offered for the reliability of individual vendors, The species table includes numerics for maximum height, but if you feel that a listed vendor has not provided good maximum diameter, minimum temperature, and sunlight service, you may report your concerns to the editors. requirements. These numerics are not absolutes, but are intended to afford a quick, rough, relative comparison Species Table among . They are not a substitute for a deeper The Species Table lists bamboos in alphabetical order by understanding of the cultural requirements and performance botanical name. The botanical name for a species is a of each bamboo in the context of the cultural conditions in binomial comprised of the genus and the specific member of which it will be grown. that genus. For example, the botanical name aurea, is comprised of the genus, Phyllostachys, and a Maximum height and diameter: The figures cited for specific member of that genus, aurea. Common names are maximum height and diameter are only achievable in listed beneath the botanical names. For example, optimal growing conditions in a large grove, clump, or Phyllostachys aurea is sometimes called Golden Bamboo or forest that has been established for as long as a decade or Fishpole Bamboo. more. Bamboo grown in a pot, a small garden plot, or in less than ideal conditions will likely be substantially smaller A species may also have recognized variations. In than the stated maximums. On the other hand, the stated descending order of significance, they are subspecies, maximums are not intended to indicate world records, but variety, and forma . Plants of cultivated origin with an approximate of the largest culms of mature plants grown recognized variation may be listed as cultivars and are also in favorable conditions. included. Since issue No. 23, the Source List has rationalized the names below species level. Cultivar names Minimum temperature: The minimum temperature is the are used instead of botanical forma names, as they have point at which leaf damage begins to appear after a short almost identical rank and are more appropriate for exposure to the temperature. Culm and rhizome death cultivated, rather than wild plants. Only subspecies, variety, generally occur at much lower temperatures. However, many or cultivar names have been used in this list. variable conditions affect minimum temperature tolerance, American Bamboo Society 2 2009 Source List #29 including wind, humidity, soil moisture, snow cover, botanical equivalents. For additional common names in a maturity, plant health, protection by structures, trees, and variety of languages see: other plants, and duration and frequency of low http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Bamboo_names.html temperatures. A plant may tolerate the minimum temperature for a night or two, but may not tolerate weeks at a temperature five degrees warmer. Drying winds and the Japanese names absence of snow cover might kill an immature plant Botanical name outright, whereas a sheltered more established plant might Hachiku Phyllostachys nigra ‘Henon’ be entirely unscathed. The cold hardiness of a new Hoteichiku Phyllostachys aurea introduction is only a best estimate, and revisions are made Kikkochiku Phyllostachys edulis 'Heterocycla' as more information becomes available. Minimum Kumazasa veitchii (not kumasaca ) temperatures in the table are only relative approximations. Kurochiku Phyllostachys nigra The Source List editors and the ABS are not responsible for Madake Phyllostachys bambusoides any damage or loss arising from the data provided. Medake simonii Moso Phyllostachys edulis Sunlight: Sunlight requirements are listed on a scale from Narihira fastuosa 1 to 5. A rating of 1 indicates full shade and a 5 indicates Okame-zasa Shibataea kumasaca full sun. Ratings 2 through 4 are intermediate progressions Yadake japonica along the scale. Most bamboos can grow successfully in a broad range of conditions, though the greatest vigor will Chinese names occur in a narrower range. The numeric ratings for sunlight Botanical name are only relative approximations. For example, a Cha Gang zhu Pseudosasa amabilis Phyllostachys that generally thrives in full sun in the Che Tong zhu sinospinosa Northeast may prefer some shading in the intense arid Fang zhu quadrangularis summers of the Southwest. Conversely, a Sasa that generally Fo du zhu Bambusa ventricosa requires mostly shady conditions in the Southeast may thrive Gui zhu Phyllostachys bambusoides in full sun in the coastal Pacific Northwest. Keep in mind Han zhu Chimonobambusa marmorea that other conditions are also significant factors. For Hong Bian zhu Phyllostachys rubromarginata example, even if a is provided with ideal semi- Hou zhu Phyll ostachys nidularia shaded conditions, it may not thrive if air temperature and Hui Xiang zhu pallens soil are too hot. Jin zhu Phyllostachys sulphurea Ma zhu latiflorus Mao zhu Phyllostachys edulis Plant, product, and service vendors: The last Qiong zhu Chimonobambusa tumidissinoda column “Vendor Codes” lists the source code for each Ren Mian zhu Phyllostachys aurea vendor. The vendors corresponding to the source codes are Shui zhu Phyllostachys heter oclada listed beginning on page 38. Detailed vendor information Wu Ya zhu Phyllostachys atrovaginata for USA vendors begins on page 39, Canadian vendors on Xiang Nuo zhu Cephalostachyum pergracile page 50. Note that vendors located outside of the United Zi zhu Phyllostachys nigra States cannot legally ship bamboo plants to the USA. A listing of vendors by state is on page 51. Bamboo products and corresponding vendor codes are listed on page 37. English names Botanical name Descriptions for some vendors may indicate ‘Visits by appointment.’ Many growers and product and service Arrow Pseudosasa japonica Beechey Bambusa beecheyana providers are part-time or small business operations without Blue hookerianus a store or sales staff. If you arrive without an appointment, Black Phyllos tachys nigra you may find no one available. To make an appointment, Buddha's Belly Bambusa ventricosa phone or e-mail the vendor in advance. Many vendors also Candy Stripe or Himalayacalamus falconeri offer plants or products for ordering by mail, phone, or the Candy cane ‘Damarapa’ Internet. “Wholesale only” vendors serve only retailers or Canebrake gigantea landscapers and do not offer retail service. Chinese Goddess Bambusa multiplex ‘Riviereorum’ Chinese Thorny Bambusa sinospinosa Common names Common Bambusa vulgari s Dwarf Fern Leaf Pleioblastus distichus Garden books, gardeners, and landscapers frequently refer to Dwarf Whitestripe Pleioblastus fortunei bamboos by common names. To help you find corresponding Fernleaf Bambusa multiplex ‘Fernleaf’ botanical names, the following list includes some of the Fountain Fargesia nitida common names in use in the United States and their Giant Thorny Bambusa bambos American Bamboo Society 3 2009 Source List #29

technical rigor to the Species List that would not otherwise Botanical name be possible. We are greatly indebted to Dr. Stapleton for his Giant Timber Bambusa oldhamii assistance. Green Mountain alpina Golden Phyllostachys aurea Bill Hollenback, Lead Source List Editor, has devoted Golden Golden Phyllostachys aurea ‘Holochrysa’ countless hours to the Source List’s compilation, including “Heavenly Bamboo” not a bamboo (Nandina domestica ) online input design and implementation, database Hedge Bambusa multiplex management, and the endless details of list compilation. Bill Himalayan Blue Himalayacalamus hookerianus Horsehoof Bambusa lapidea also maintains the online Source List and photographic Iron Range Neololeba atra database at www.BambooWeb.info . Our special thanks to Japanese Timber Phyllostachys bambusoides Bill for his instrumental efforts in making these important "Lucky Bamboo" not a bamboo ( Dracaena sanderiana ) resources available to us. Male Dendrocalamus strictus Marbled Chimonobambusa marmorea Many other ABS members have contributed significantly to Mexican Weeping Otatea acuminata subsp. aztecorum the Source List. Without the volunteer help of our members, Monastery Thyrsostachys siamensis this valuable resource would not be possible. Our thanks and Oldham's Ba mbusa oldhamii appreciation to all who have contributed. Painted Bambusa vulgaris ‘Vittata’ Punting Pole Bambusa tuldoides And finally, we also thank all those who have made River Cane Arundinaria gigantea suggestions for adjustments to the species listings and Square Chimonobambusa quadrangularis Stone Phyllostachys angusta & P. nuda improvements to the Source List. Now is the time to submit Sweetshoot Phyllostachys dulcis your changes or suggestions for next year. Switch Cane Arundinaria tecta ______Tea Stick Pseudosasa amabilis Temple Semiarundinaria fastuosa Timor Black Bambusa lako Ordering reprints Tonkin Cane Pseudosasa amabilis Copies of this list are available from some of the listed Tortoise Shell Phyllostachys edulis ‘Heterocycla’ Tropical Black atroviolacea vendors, from some chapter offices, and from: Umbrella Fargesia murieli ae ABS Membership Office Water Phyllostachys heteroclada 315 S Coast Highway 101, Weaver's Bambusa textilis Suite U, PMB 212 Wine Oxytenanthera braunii Encinitas, CA 92024-3555 Yellow Groove Phyllostachys aureosulcata To order, please send $5.00 for each copy of the Source List (Price includes postage and handling ). Volume discounts are only available on orders placed prior to publication. We hope that you find this publication useful and that it will Paid encourage you to further explore the wonderful world of Advertisements bamboo.

Bill Hollenback and Ted Jordan Meredith Source List Editors (Source List compilation and editing) [email protected]

Chris Stapleton, Species List Editor (Species List nomenclature and ) [email protected]

Credits for assistance Very special thanks to Chris Stapleton. Dr. Stapleton is a renowned bamboo taxonomist and foremost expert on Old World montane bamboos. Dr. Stapleton brings a level of American Bamboo Society 4 2009 Source List #29

Synonyms The following are synonyms that often cause confusion. The former name may be entirely incorrect in the case of misidentification; it may have been in an inappropriate genus; or it may be a name that was not in accord with requirements for taxonomic nomenclature.

Table of synonyms and corrected names Former Name Current Name ACIDOSASA gigantea gigantea ‘ sp.’ circinata (hort.) ARUNDINARIA alpina YUSHANIA alpina ARUNDINARIA amabilis PSEUDOSASA amabilis ARUNDINARIA anceps YUSHANIA anceps ARUNDINARIA auricoma PLEIOBLASTUS viridistriatus American Bamboo Society 5 2009 Source List #29

Former Name Current Name Former Name Current Name ARUNDINARIA falconeri ‘’ HIMALAYACALAMUS falcatum var. sengteeanum (hort.) planatus ARUNDINARIA fangiana fangianus HIMALAYACALAMUS falconeri DREPANOSTACHYUM ARUNDINARIA hookerianus HIMALAYACALAMUS var. glomeratum falcatum var. sengteeanum hookerianus ‘HIMALAYACALAMUS YUSHANIA boliana ARUNDINARIA macrosperma ARUNDINARIA gigantea intermedius’ (hort.) ARUNDINARIA maling YUSHANIA maling ‘NEOMICROCALAMUS HIMALAYACALAMUS ARUNDINARIA tessellata microphyllus’ (hort.) planatus tessellatus NEOSINOCALAMUS affinis BAMBUSA emeiensis ARUNDINARIA vagans SASAELLA ramosa 'Chrysotrichus' BAMBUSA arundinacea BAMBUSA bambos OTATEA acuminata 'Mayan Silver' OTATEA glauca 'Mayan Silver' BAMBUSA dissemulator BAMBUSA dissimulator OTATEA aztecorum OTATEA acuminata ssp. BAMBUSA forbesii NEOLOLEBA atra aztecorum BAMBUSA glaucescens BAMBUSA multiplex PHYLLOSTACHYS cerata PHYLLOSTACHYS heteroclada BAMBUSA multiplex 'Green BAMBUSA multiplex 'Midori Alphonse' Green' PHYLLOSTACHYS congesta PHYLLOSTACHYS atrovaginata BAMBUSA mutabilis BAMBUSA textilis ‘Mutabilis’ PHYLLOSTACHYS decora PHYLLOSTACHYS mannii BAMBUSA odashimae BAMBUSA edulis 'Decora' BAMBUSA tuldoides ‘Clone X’ BAMBUSA sp. ‘Clone X’ PHYLLOSTACHYS heterocycla PHYLLOSTACHYS edulis BAMBUSA tuldoides ‘Ventricosa’ BAMBUSA ventricosa 'Heterocycla' ‘BAMBUSA variegata’ (hort.) BAMBUSA glaucophylla PHYLLOSTACHYS heterocycla PHYLLOSTACHYS edulis BAMBUSA vulgaris 'Striata' BAMBUSA vulgaris 'Vittata' pubescens faberi SAROCALAMUS faberi PHYLLOSTACHYS heterocycla PHYLLOSTACHYS edulis BORINDA boliana YUSHANIA boliana pubescens 'Anderson' 'Anderson' CHIMONOBAMBUSA falcata HIMALYACALAMUS PHYLLOSTACHYS purpurata PHYLLOSTACHYS hookerianus heteroclada 'Purpurata' ‘CHUSQUEA breviglumis’ (hort.) CHUSQUEA gigantea PHYLLOSTACHYS purpurata PHYLLOSTACHYS ‘CHUSQUEA nigricans’ (hort.) CHUSQUEA culeou 'Caña 'Solidstem' heteroclada 'Solidstem' Prieta' PHYLLOSTACHYS purpurata PHYLLOSTACHYS ‘CHUSQUEA quila’ (hort.) CHUSQUEA valdiviensis 'Straightstem' heteroclada DENDROCALAMUS affinis BAMBUSA emeiensis PLEIOBLASTUS akibensis PLEIOBLASTUS DENDROCALAMUS BAMBUSA membranacea kongosanensis 'Akibensis' membranaceus PLEIOBLASTUS gramineus PLEIOBLASTUS gramineus DREPANOSTACHYUM falcatum HIMALAYACALAMUS 'Raseetsu-chiku' 'Monstrispiralis' hookerianus PLEIOBLASTUS variegatus PLEIOBLASTUS fortunei ‘DREPANOSTACHYUM DREPANOSTACHYUM QIONGZHUEA tumidissinoda CHIMONOBAMBUSA falconeri’ (hort.) falcatum var. sengteeanum tumidissinoda ‘DREPANOSTACHYUM HIMALAYACALAMUS SASA asahinae SASA shimidzuana hookerianum’ (hort.) falconeri 'Damarapa' SASA humilis PLEIOBLASTUS humilis DREPANOSTACHYUM HIMALAYACALAMUS SASA pygmaea PLEIOBLASTUS pygmaeus sengteeanum falconeri SASA tessellata tessellatus FARGESIA angustissima BORINDA angustissima SASA variegata PLEIOBLASTUS fortunei FARGESIA crassinodus THAMNOCALAMUS ‘SASA veitchii ‘Minor’’ (hort.) SASA hayatae crassinodus SASAELLA glabra 'Albostriata' SASAELLA masamuneana ‘FARGESIA dracocephala’ (hort.) FARGESIA apicirubens 'Albostriata' ‘FARGESIA dracocephala ‘White FARGESIA apicirubens ‘White SASAELLA masamuneana SASAELLA masamuneana Dragon’’ (hort.) Dragon’ rhyncantha FARGESIA frigida BORINDA frigidorum SASAELLA rhyncantha SASAELLA masamuneana FARGESIA fungosa BORINDA fungosa SEMIARUNDINARIA villosa SEMIARUNDINARIA okuboi FARGESIA sp. ‘A-4’ FARGESIA adpressa SINARUNDINARIA FARGESIA FARGESIA sp. ‘Rufa’ FARGESIA dracocephala TETRAGONOCALAMUS CHIMONOBAMBUSA ‘Rufa’ angulatus quadrangularis fangianus SAROCALAMUS fangianus ‘THAMNOCALAMUS FARGESIA murieliae GIGANTOCHLOA atroviolacea BAMBUSA lako spathaceus’ (hort.) ‘Timor Black’ YUSHANIA aztecorum OTATEA acuminata ssp. GIGANTOCHLOA luteostriata BAMBUSA luteostriata aztecorum GIGANTOCHLOA verticillata GIGANTOCHLOA pseudoarundinacea American Bamboo Society 6 2009 Source List #29

GENUS species Max Max Min Shade Comments - Description Vendor Codes Height diam Temp Sun COMMON NAME feet/ inch/ °°°F 5=full (see page 38) °°° meters cm C sun

ACIDOSASA A genus of bamboos native to south coastal ; shoots are sour. A. edulis 40.0 2.0 5 Culms green, glabrous. Sheath turns from green C8 J4 12.2 5.1 to brown. Shoots said to be delicious.

AMPELOCALAMUS Tender clumping bamboos of p endulous or scrambling habit, with ribbed culms and large culm sheath blades, from China to . A. scandens 30.0 0.3 23 3 Very prominent leaf sheath bristles and corky C8 D2 K0 L7 L9 9.1 0.8 -5 swollen nodes. Many subequal branches, central branch may be as large as culm.

ARUNDINARIA Genus of small to medium size hardy running bamboos, with numerous branches at each node and persistent culm sheaths. New shoots in spring. Native to the US only. All other species should be moved to different genera. A. appalachiana 6.0 Recently described new species. Deciduous J4 L4 Hill Cane 2.0 A. funghomii 30.0 1.1 0 4 Chinese. New culms covered with a gray B7 B8 C8 D2 I0 I8 J4 L4 9.1 2.8 -18 bloom. Handsome, only grows about 4 ft tall in cold climates. May be Pseudosasa cantori. A. gigantea 20.0 1.0 -10 5 Native to the U.S. Once grew from Georgia and A2 B1 B4 C3 C8 C9 D0 D2 E0 E8 E9 F6 G0 G3 6.1 2.5 -23 Texas to Maryland and Ohio. G6 H1 H3 H4 H8 I0 I2 I7 J2 J4 K8 L6 L7 L8 M1 RIVER CANE M3 M3 M3 N2 A. gigantea 'Macon' 20.0 1.0 -22 5 More upright and hardier than the species; B4 B9 D2 E7 E8 G8 J4 L4 N1 MACON RIVERCANE 6.1 2.5 -30 reported to stay with little leaf burn. A. tecta 6.0 0.5 -10 5 Similar to A. gigantea but generally smaller. It A3 B4 C3 C8 C9 D2 E8 F1 G0 G8 H1 H3 H4 I0 SWITCH CANE 1.8 1.3 -23 differs in persistent culm sheaths, air channels J2 J4 L0 L3 L4 L7 L8 in its rhizomes, and can grow in wet ground.

BAMBUSA Genus of tropical and subtro pical clumping bamboos, usually giant, with numerous branches at a node, one or three much larger than the rest. New shoots appear in late summer or fall in their native areas. B. arnhemica 25.0 4.0 32 5 From Northern Territory, Australia, along water J7 L7 7.6 10.2 0 courses. Dense clumps, thick culms, short internodes, low branches. B. balcooa 60.0 6.0 25 5 From . Tangled clumps make harvest A5 B0 C8 C9 D3 E0 F4 K0 L9 18.3 15.2 -4 difficult. Strong, used for construction, crafts, shoots. B. bambos 100.0 7.0 30 5 Fast growing, thick -walled, soft. Lower A0 A5 B0 B8 C8 C9 E0 J7 K0 L7 L9 GIANT THORNY 30.5 17.8 -1 branches are long, wiry and armed with thorns. Edible shoots. Used for paper in India. B. basihirsuta 40.0 3.0 28 5 Erect tight clumps. F4 K0 12.2 7.6 -2

B. beecheyana 50.0 5.0 21 5 Culms with short internodes generally arch A1 A5 B0 B1 C3 C8 C9 D2 E0 F0 F4 G7 H1 H5 BEECHEY BAMBOO 15.2 12.7 -6 strongly and are covered with white powder H7 I4 J7 K0 K4 M3 M3 M3 when young. Big thick-walled culms; edible shoots in much demand. B. beecheyana var. 50.0 5.0 21 5 More erect, thicker nodal hair, branching lower, A5 B1 E0 L9 pubescens 15.2 12.7 -6 no virus B. blumeana 60.0 4.0 30 5 A tall thorny bamboo from India and C3 C8 C9 J7 K0 L9 18.3 10.2 -1 where used for building material, baskets and edible shoots. B. boniopsis 15.0 1.0 28 5 A small green bamboo from ; a recent A1 B0 C3 C8 C9 D1 D3 E0 G4 J6 K0 L9 4.6 2.5 -2 import. Narrow leaves.

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GENUS species Max Max Min Shade Comments - Description Vendor Codes Height diam Temp Sun COMMON NAME feet/ inch/ °°°F 5=full (see page 38) °°° meters cm C sun

Bambusa B. burmanica 50.0 4.0 32 5 Strong, nearly solid culms. Leaves up to 12 by B3 C3 C8 C9 F8 H1 H7 J7 K0 L9 15.2 10.2 0 2 inches. Dense clumps, shrubby, lower branches spiny. B. chungii 33.0 2.5 21 5 Culms covered with white powde r. Thin A0 A5 B0 B1 B3 B6 B8 C3 C7 C8 C9 D1 D2 D3 10 6.4 -6 walled. Used in papermaking, weaving. D6 E0 E4 E5 F1 F4 F8 G2 G4 G7 H1 H5 H7 J6 J7 J9 K0 K1 K3 L0 L4 L5 L7 L9 M4 B. chungii var. barbelatta 22.0 1.5 21 5 Grows to about 3/4 the size, with lighter ring of A0 A5 B1 B3 C3 C8 C9 D1 D3 D6 E0 E4 E5 F0 6.7 3.8 -6 hair around new culm nodes and looser culm F1 F4 G7 H1 H7 J6 J7 J9 K0 K3 L0 L4 L9 sheath blade. B. cornigera 35.0 3.0 Culms zigzag, and internodes are slightly E0 G7 K0 K3 L9 10.7 7.6 curved. B. dissimulator 50.0 3.0 25 5 A giant tropical, produces many thick walled, A5 C3 C8 C9 D2 E0 F4 G7 H1 H7 J9 K0 K3 L7 15.2 7.6 -4 arching or erect, tough culms with long L9 branches. B. dissimulator 50.0 3.0 25 5 Similar to the type but with pronounced white D2 L6 'Albinodia' 15.2 7.6 -4 rings above and below the nodes. B. distegia 30.0 4.0 25 5 Green internodes with a slightly bending top C8 E0 J9 K0 L9 9.1 10.2 -4 but not drooping. It is said to tolerate light frosts. B. dolichoclada 'Stripe' 65.0 4.0 25 5 A beautiful giant from . The culms are a A0 A1 A5 B0 B1 C3 C9 D2 E0 F0 F4 G7 H7 J7 19.8 10.2 -4 waxy yellow with dark green stripes. K0 L6 L7 B. dolichomerithalla 35.0 2.0 25 5 This cultivar has yellow -green culms striped A1 A5 B1 B6 C3 C8 C9 D2 E0 F0 F1 F4 F8 G7 'Green stripe' 10.7 5.1 -4 with dark green. Introduced in 1980 from H1 H7 J9 K0 K3 K4 L6 L7 M4 Taiwan. B. dolichomerithalla 35.0 2.0 25 5 This cultivar has culms striped with silver. A0 B0 B1 B3 B8 C3 C7 C8 C9 D2 D6 E0 E4 E5 'Silverstripe' 10.7 5.1 -4 Introduced in 1980 from Taiwan. F1 F4 F6 G4 G7 H1 H7 J9 K0 K3 L4 L5 L6 L9 B. odashimae 65.0 3.0 25 5 Ex Taiwan, large dark green leaves, edible B0 C8 C9 E4 E5 F1 F4 K0 19.8 7.6 -4 shoots. Called B. edulis before, which is a synonym of Phyllostachys edulis. B. emeiensis 35.0 2.5 24 B. emeiensis was known as Neosinocalamus 'Chrysotrichus' 10.7 6.4 -4 affinis. When moved to Bambusa it needed a new name to avoid confusion with Bambusa affinis, a different species. 'Chrysotrichus' has light yellow culms with dark green lines. B. emeiensis 35.0 2.5 24 Green stripes on pale green or yellow/gold A0 A5 B3 C3 C8 D1 D3 E0 E5 F4 G7 H7 K0 L5 'Flavidovirens' 10.7 6.4 -4 culms. L9 B. emeiensis 35.0 2.5 24 Culms erect with yellow stripes alternating 180¦ A0 A5 B0 B1 B3 C3 C8 D1 D3 D6 E0 E4 E5 F4 'Viridiflavus' 10.7 6.4 -4 on each internode. G7 H7 K0 K3 L5 L9 B. eutuldoides 45.0 2.0 21 5 Straight, erect, th ick -walled culms; some with A0 A5 B1 D1 D2 D3 F4 J7 K0 13.7 5.1 -6 fine white stripes. Grown in Hong Kong area. B. eutuldoides 25.0 1.0 21 5 Yellow culms with varying dark green stripes. A0 A5 B1 B3 B4 B8 C3 C7 C8 C9 D1 D2 D3 D6 7.6 2.5 -6 New shoots have pink and peach tones. Low E0 E4 E5 F1 F4 G7 H7 J6 J7 K0 K3 L0 L4 L5 L7 'Viridivittata' L9 bra nching. B. gibba 25.0 2.0 32 5 Side branches often have soft spines. It is used A0 B0 B3 C3 C8 E0 F1 F4 G7 H7 J6 K0 L5 L9 7.6 5.1 0 as a fence; oil is extracted from the culms. B. glaucophylla 15.0 1.0 30 5 Dense, erect, bushy, variegated. Used as an A0 A5 B3 C3 C8 E0 F8 G4 G7 J6 J7 J9 K0 K3 MALAY DWARF 4.6 2.5 -1 ornamental hedge, easy to prune to desired L5 L9 M4 shape. Previously sold as Bambusa variegata.

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GENUS species Max Max Min Shade Comments - Description Vendor Codes Height diam Temp Sun COMMON NAME feet/ inch/ °°°F 5=full (see page 38) °°° meters cm C sun

Bambusa B. intermedia 40.0 3.0 25 5 Dark green with purple stripes. C9 E0 F1 K0 L9 12.2 7.6 -4

B. lako 50.0 3.5 28 5 From Timor. Purple -black culms striped faint A0 A5 B0 B1 B3 C3 C7 C8 C9 D2 D3 D6 E0 E2 15.2 8.9 -2 green. Similar to G. atroviolacea. Has branches E4 E5 F1 F8 G4 G7 H7 I4 J1 J6 J7 J9 K0 K1 K3 TIMOR BLACK K4 L0 L5 L6 L7 L9 M3 M3 M3 M4 on lower part of culms. Sheath blades erect. B. lapidea 35.0 3.5 28 5 Thick walled culms; slightly swollen and HORSEHOOF 10.7 8.9 -2 almost solid at the base. From Hainan, China. BAMBOO B. longispiculata 50.0 4.0 30 5 Culm green, with light green stripes near the B0 C3 C8 D2 E0 F8 H7 K0 15.2 10.2 -1 base and rings at nodes. Open clumps, straight culms, thin walls, long internodes. Many plants sold under this name may have been Bambusa tulda 'Striata'. B. luteostriata 30.0 2.0 28 5 Erect with full foliage on top. Young leaves B3 C8 D3 E0 E4 F1 F8 J6 J7 K0 K3 L0 L5 L9 9.1 5.1 -2 variegated white/green. Canes green, M4 intermittent white stripes. B. maculata 28 5 From Bali; local name pring tutul. Splotchy A0 A5 C3 C8 D1 F8 G7 H1 H7 K0 L9 PRING TUTUL -2 canes when mature. Used for making furniture. B. malingensis 35.0 2.5 21 5 An att ractive medium -size tropical, produces A0 A1 A5 B0 B1 B3 B6 B8 C3 C7 C8 C9 D1 D2 10.7 6.4 -6 many culms each year, taller under trees. D6 E0 E4 E5 F0 F1 F4 F6 F8 G2 G7 H1 H2 H5 J6 K0 K1 K3 K4 L4 L5 L7 L9 M3 M3 Reportedly tolerates wind well. B. mem branacea 70.0 4.0 28 5 A strong growing bamboo with very straight A0 A5 B0 C3 C8 C9 D1 E0 E4 F4 F8 H1 H6 H7 21.3 10.2 -2 culms forming loose clumps. Looks like J6 J7 J9 K0 L7 L9 M3 M3 M3 Bambusa but DNA now suggesting Dendrocalamus was the correct genus. B. multiplex 25.0 1.5 18 5 Each node bears a large number of branches A0 A5 A8 B0 B1 B4 B6 B7 B8 C0 C3 C8 C9 D1 7.6 3.8 -8 down to the culm base, making a dense hedge. D2 E0 E4 E5 F1 G0 G1 G2 G7 H0 H1 H5 I8 J4 HEDGE BAMBOO K0 K3 L5 M2 M3 M3 N1 Hardiest of the Bambusa, grown down to 12F by some in otherwise very favourable sites. B. multiplex 'Alphonse 25.0 1.5 18 5 Similar to the species, but the culms and A1 A5 A8 B0 B1 B4 B6 B7 B8 C0 C3 C7 C8 C9 7.6 3.8 -8 branches are bright yellow with irregular D1 D2 D6 E0 E1 E2 E4 E5 E8 F0 F1 F4 F6 F8 Karr' G0 G1 G2 G3 G7 H0 H1 H2 H5 H7 H9 I4 I6 I8 longitudinal narrow dark green stripes. New J4 J5 J9 K0 K3 K4 L0 L1 L4 L5 L7 L8 L9 M3 shoots and culms are often reddish. M3 M3 M4 N1 N2 B. multiplex 'Fernleaf' 20.0 0.5 18 5 Usually small in size with 10 to 20 closely A1 A5 A8 B0 B1 B4 C0 C3 C8 C9 D1 D2 E0 E1 6.1 1.3 -8 spaced, two ranked leaves. Often culms come E4 E5 F0 F1 F6 G2 G5 G7 G8 H1 H5 J4 K0 L4 FERNLEAF BAMBOO L7 L9 M2 M3 M4 up that have reverted to the larger leaves. B. multiplex 'Fernleaf 12.0 0.5 18 5 Similar to 'Fernleaf' except that the culms are B1 B4 C3 C8 E0 F1 G2 G4 G7 L4 L5 L7 L9 Stripestem' 3.7 1.3 -8 reddish or yellowish and striped with green. FERNLEAF STRIPESTEM B. multiplex 'Golden 10.0 0.5 18 5 A dwarf form similar to 'Fernleaf' but with A1 A5 A8 B1 B4 B6 B8 B9 C3 C7 C8 C9 D1 D2 3.1 1.3 -8 larger leaves. The culms tend to be yellowish. D6 E0 E1 E4 E5 F0 F1 F4 G1 G7 G8 H0 H1 H2 Goddess' H3 H5 H7 I4 I8 J4 K0 K3 K4 L4 L5 L7 L9 M2 M3 M3 M3 B. multiplex 'Goldstripe' 25.0 1.5 18 5 Mature green culms have a gold stripe that A8 B1 C8 D2 E0 G7 I4 K0 K3 L9 7.6 3.8 -8 bleeds into the green. B. multiplex 'Midori 15.0 1.5 18 5 Similar to ' Alphonse Karr', but the culms and A5 A8 B1 C3 C8 C9 D2 E0 F0 F4 F6 H1 H5 I4 Green' 4.6 3.8 -8 branches are light green with dark green stripes. J4 L0 L7 N1 GREEN ALPHONSE

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Bambusa B. multiplex 6.0 0.3 18 5 Has solid culms and tiny leaves; similar to A1 A8 B1 B4 B8 B9 C3 C8 C9 D2 E0 E1 E4 E5 1.8 0.8 -8 'Fernleaf' but smaller, more delicate looking. E8 E9 F1 G0 G7 G8 H1 H3 H5 I4 J2 J4 K0 K3 'Riviereorum' K4 L1 L4 L9 M3 M3 M3 N2 CHINESE GODDESS B. multiplex 'Silverstripe' 25.0 1.5 18 5 Many leaves have white strip es and some culms A5 A8 B0 B1 B4 B6 B7 B8 C0 C3 C8 C9 D1 D2 7.6 3.8 -8 are also striped with white. D6 E0 E2 E4 E5 F0 F1 F4 F6 F8 G0 G2 G7 H0 H1 H2 H5 I4 I8 J2 J9 K0 K3 L1 L4 L7 L9 M3 M4 B. multiplex 'Tiny Fern' 3.0 0.2 18 5 A dwarf form with leave s often less than 1' B1 B8 C3 C8 C9 D2 E0 E1 F0 F1 G0 H1 H5 H9 0.9 0.5 -8 long, but can grow larger. I4 I8 J4 K0 L4 L7 L9 B. multiplex 'Tiny Fern 3.0 0.2 18 5 Same as Tiny Fern, but with striped culms. B1 B4 B6 C3 C8 F1 G7 L4 L7 Striped' 0.9 0.5 -8 B. multiplex 'Willowy' 10.0 0.5 18 5 Culms droop or arch strongly with small, A8 B8 C3 C8 D2 H6 L4 L9 WANG TSAI 3.1 1.3 -8 narrow leaves. B. nutans 40.0 3.0 28 5 From Thailand. Nutans means "nodding," A5 B0 C3 C8 C9 D2 E0 F0 J6 J7 K0 L9 12.2 7.6 -2 which it does. The culms have a white ring below the nodes. B. oldhamii 55.0 4.0 21 5 The most common giant tropical bamboo A0 A1 A5 A8 B0 B1 B3 B6 B8 C0 C3 C5 C7 C8 16.8 10.2 -6 grown in the U.S. Culms straight and erect with C9 D1 D2 D3 D6 E0 E2 E4 E5 F0 F1 F4 F6 F8 GIANT TIMBER G2 G4 G7 G8 H1 H2 H5 H6 H7 I4 I6 J6 J7 K0 relatively short branches. Leaves are rather K1 K3 K4 L0 L4 L5 L6 L7 L9 M3 M3 M3 M4 wide. B. oliveriana 45.0 2.0 32 4 Densely clumping with thick -walled, glossy C3 C8 D2 D3 E0 H1 J9 K0 L9 M4 13.7 5.1 0 green culms. B. pachinensis 33.0 2.4 25 5 Medium size with yellowish culms, it B6 C3 C5 C8 C9 D2 F8 H1 J7 K0 K3 L7 L9 10.1 6.1 -4 resembles B. textilis. B. pervariabilis 33.0 2.4 32 5 Erect, thick wa lled. Lower internodes have A0 A5 B0 B1 C3 C8 E0 F0 J6 J7 J9 K0 L7 L9 10.1 6.1 0 branches and yellow stripes on culm and M3 M3 sheaths. Used to make farm tools, punting poles in China. B. pervariabilis 33.0 2.4 25 5 Recently intro duced from China. Similar to the A0 A5 B1 B3 B6 B8 C3 C7 C8 C9 D2 D3 D6 E0 10.1 6.1 -4 above but much more highly coloured. New E4 E5 F0 F1 F4 F6 G7 H7 J6 J7 K0 K1 K3 L0 L 5 'Viridistriatus' L7 L9 shoots are yellow with green stripes maturing to yellow/gold with varying dark green stripes. B. rigida 40.0 2.3 32 5 Erect. Internodes long. Sheaths persistent. C8 D3 F4 J6 J9 K0 L9 12.2 5.8 0 Many branches at nodes. Leaves oblong, 3-9", dark green. B. rutila 40.0 2.0 28 5 Thick walls, swollen nodes, lower part o f culm D3 H7 12.2 5.1 -2 zigzag. Ring of whitish hair below nodes. Leaves narrow. B. sinospinosa 70.0 5.0 20 5 A thorny bamboo with rather small leaves, and A5 B1 B8 C3 C8 C9 D2 E0 F0 F4 G7 J7 K0 L0 CHINESE THORNY 21.3 12.7 -7 interlaced low thorny branches, impenetrable L7 L9 M3 M3 M3 hedge. B. sp. 'Clone X' 75.0 2.8 21 5 A vigorous bamboo with extremely thick walls, A0 A5 A8 B1 B3 B6 C7 C8 C9 D1 E0 E4 E5 F1 22.9 7.1 -6 ivory nodal bands, whitish bloom. F4 F6 G7 H5 K0 K3 L4 L9 Identification uncertain. B. sp. 'Hirose' 55.0 5.0 21 5 Tightly clumping, upright, to 50 -60ft, 4 -6ins, B1 C3 C8 C9 E0 F1 F8 K0 L9 M4 16.8 12.7 -6 poorly known, possibly B. oldhamii. B. sp. 'Nana' 25 2.5 28 5 A medium -sized timber bamboo from Thailand. A5 B0 B1 C3 C8 D3 D6 E0 F4 F8 H7 J7 J9 K0 7.6 6.4 -2 Straight, strong. Some yellow stripes. Note B. K3 L9 nana is a synonym of B. multiplex.

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Bambusa B. sp. 'Polymorpha' 65.0 6.0 32 5 Green culms densely covered with grayish C9 D3 E0 F8 K0 L9 19.8 15.2 0 white silky hair; branches short, slender, and dense. ID uncertain. B. sp. 'Richard Waldron' 10.0 0.5 20 5 Compact erect small bamboo similar to B. B0 C8 D3 D6 E0 E4 E5 F1 K0 K3 L5 L9 3.0 1.2 -7 multiplex, identity and origins uncertain. B. stenostachya 70.0 6.0 28 5 Basal internodes almost solid. Thorny. Culm C8 K0 L9 21.3 15.2 -2 sheaths persistent. Useful in building. B. textilis 40.0 2.0 18 5 Tight clumps. An extremely handsome plant A0 A1 A5 A8 B0 B1 B3 B6 B7 B8 C0 C3 C5 C7 12.2 5.1 -8 that arches gracefully. The thin-walled culms C8 C9 D1 D2 D3 D6 E0 E1 E4 E5 F0 F4 F6 F8 WEAVER'S BAMBOO G7 H1 H2 H5 H6 H7 I4 J6 J7 J9 K0 K3 K4 L3 are used for weaving. L4 L5 L6 L7 L9 M3 M3 M3 M4 N2 B. textilis var. albostriata 40.0 2.0 18 5 Same as above except culms are white striped. A0 A8 B0 B1 B3 C3 C8 D1 E0 F1 F4 F6 G7 H7 12.2 5.1 -8 J6 K0 L6 L9

B. textilis var. glabra 30.0 1.0 18 5 Slender, as var. gracilis, but with glabrous A0 A5 B1 C3 C8 C9 E0 F4 G7 J6 L9 9.1 2.5 -8 culms and culm sheaths. B. textilis var. gracilis 30.0 1.3 18 5 Culm more slender than the typical B. textilis, A0 A5 B0 B1 B3 B6 B7 C3 C7 C8 C9 D1 D2 D3 9.1 3.3 -8 nodding top, graceful foliage. D6 E0 E4 E5 E8 F0 F1 F4 F6 F8 G2 G4 G7 H1 H5 H7 J6 J7 J9 K0 K1 K3 L4 L6 L7 L9 M4 B. textilis 'Dwarf' 18.0 1.3 18 5 Shorter, less erect A8 C8 D2 D3 E0 E5 G7 K0 K3 L9 5.5 3.2 -8

B. textilis 'Kanapaha' 50.0 2.5 18 5 Grows larger than normal B. textilis in Florida, A0 B0 B1 B3 C8 C9 D1 D2 D3 D6 E0 E5 F1 F4 15.2 6.4 -8 with lower half of culms prominently blue & H5 K0 K1 K3 L4 L9 branchless. Very similar to ‘Mutabilis’ B. textilis 'Maculata' 25.0 1.0 18 5 Culms and base of new culm sheaths have A0 A5 B0 B3 C3 C8 D1 E5 G7 J6 K0 L9 7.6 2.5 -8 purple streaks. B. textilis 'Mutabilis' 40.0 2.3 18 5 Persistent blue -white bloom and long A0 A5 B0 B1 B3 B6 C3 C7 C8 C9 D1 D2 D3 D6 12.2 5.8 -8 internodes. Previously misidentified as B. E0 F4 F6 F8 G7 H1 H5 J6 J9 K0 K3 L4 L5 L7 L9 M4 mutabilis and as B. textilis var. fusca. B. textilis 'Scranton' 30.0 2.0 18 5 A more open clumper with shorter branches. C8 D2 D3 E0 F4 K0 L9 9.1 5.1 -8

B. tulda 70.0 4.0 30 5 The large, straight, thick walled culms make A5 B0 C3 C8 H7 K0 L9 21.3 10.2 -1 this one of the most useful tropical bamboos. Frequently solid near the base. B. tulda 'Striata' 70.0 4.0 30 5 Like the species, the culms are striped near the A5 B0 B3 C3 C8 C9 E0 F8 G4 H7 J7 K0 L9 21.3 10.2 -1 base, but more prominently. B. tuldoides 55.0 2.3 21 5 Somewhat similar to B. tulda but not as large A1 A5 B1 B6 B8 C3 C8 C9 D1 D2 E0 E4 E5 F1 16.8 5.8 -6 and more hardy. It produces a large number of F4 F8 G4 H1 H2 H7 I4 J7 J9 K0 K3 L3 L7 L9 PUNTING POLE M3 M3 M3 M4 thick walled culms growing in a tight clump. B. variostriata 35.0 3.0 28 5 New shoots covered with bloom, culm has B0 D2 E0 H7 K0 L9 10.7 7.6 -2 white stripes, useful and edible. B. ventricosa 55.0 2.3 21 5 It becomes a dwarf with swol len internodes A0 A1 A5 A8 B0 B1 B3 B4 B6 C0 C3 C7 C8 C9 16.8 5.8 -6 when grown in pots under dry conditions. In the D1 D2 D6 E0 E1 E4 E5 F0 F1 F4 F6 F8 G2 G4 BUDDHA'S BELLY G7 G8 H0 H1 H2 H5 H7 H9 I4 J4 J6 J7 K0 K3 ground it reverts to a giant with zigzag culms L3 L4 L6 L7 L9 M3 M3 M3 and branches. B. ventricosa 'Kimmei' 55.0 2.3 21 5 As the above, but with yellow culms striped A0 A5 A8 B0 B1 B3 B4 B8 C3 C6 C7 C8 D1 D2 16.8 5.8 -6 with green. D3 E0 E4 E5 E8 F0 F1 F4 F6 G2 G7 H2 H5 H7 I4 J6 J7 J9 K0 K1 K3 L4 L7 L9 M3 M3 M3 N1

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Bambusa B. vulgaris 50.0 4.0 30 5 Common throughout the tropical world. Open A0 A5 B0 B1 B6 B8 C3 C8 C9 D1 D6 E0 G2 G4 COMMON BAMBOO 15.2 10.2 -1 clump, culms spaced a foot or two apart. Culm H5 H7 J7 K0 L6 L7 L9 cuttings root very easily. Used for banana props. B. vulgaris 'Vittata' 50.0 4.0 30 5 Similar to the species, golden yellow culms A0 A1 A5 B0 B1 B3 B6 B8 C3 C8 C9 D1 D2 D6 15.2 10.2 -1 with green vertical stripes that look like drip E0 E2 E4 E5 F0 F4 G2 G4 H1 H7 H9 J6 J7 K0 PAINTED BAMBOO K1 K3 K4 L3 L4 L5 L6 L7 L9 M3 M3 M3 marks. A very popular ornamental. Potted culm cuttings do not always survive. B. vulgaris 'Wamin' 16.0 3.0 30 5 A dwarf form with short and swollen lower A0 A1 A5 B0 B1 B3 B6 B8 C0 C3 C7 C8 C9 D1 4.9 7.6 -1 green internodes. D2 D3 D6 E0 E4 F0 F1 F8 G2 G4 G7 H1 H5 H7 J4 J6 J7 J9 K0 K1 K3 L3 L4 L5 L6 L7 L9 M4 B. vulgaris 'Wamin 16.0 3.0 30 5 Dwarf with short and swollen lower internodes, A0 A1 A5 B0 B1 B3 B8 C3 C7 C8 D3 E0 F0 G7 Striata' 4.9 7.6 -1 light green culms striped with dark green. J6 J7 J9 K0 K1 L5 L6 L7 L9 M4

BAMBUSA Crosses When Bambusas have flowered in recent years, some growers have tried crossing them. B. odashimae X B. 23 Erect with long inte rnodes. Previously B. edulis C9 F4 tuldoides -5 X tuldoides

BASHANIA Genus of medium size Chinese running bamboos. B. fargesii 20.0 2.0 0 4 Native to the mountains of China. Leaves up to B4 B5 C1 C3 C8 D2 D9 E1 E7 E8 G8 H3 H4 I6 6.1 5.1 -18 a foot long. J2 J4 K2 L1 L7 N1 N2 B. qingchengshanensis 10.0 0.9 -13 Hardier and smaller than B. fargesii F6 J4 3.0 2.3 -25

BORINDA Clump -forming mountain bamboos from , , , & , with different to Fargesia and shorter rhizomes than Yushania. Culms usually blue at first, usually with very fine grooves. B. albocerea 20.0 1.0 15 3 4 clones introduced, aka Yunnan 1/95; 2/95; B4 B5 D2 E8 K2 K6 L7 N1 3.7 2.0 -9 3a/95; 3b/95. B. angustissima 18.0 0.8 10 3 From Sichu an. Arching culms with white A5 B4 B5 B9 C0 C3 D2 E1 E2 E7 E8 G1 G3 H3 5.5 2.0 -12 powder and purple sheaths at first, and narrow I6 J2 J3 J5 K0 K6 L7 N1 N2 leaves. Was listed as a Fargesia. B. contracta 15.0 0.8 15 3 From Yunnan. Bushy with many c ulms. B4 D2 E8 I6 L7 N1 4.6 2.0 -9

B. frigidorum 12.0 0.7 5 3 Small culms. Very tough persistent culm B4 D2 3.7 1.8 -15 sheaths become red. Leaves small, mostly deciduous. Shoots in August. B. fungosa 20.0 1.0 20 3 Yunnan, from 6,000 to 9, 000 feet. Shoots A5 B4 B5 B9 C3 D2 E1 E7 E8 F0 G1 G8 H2 H3 6.1 2.5 -4 sweet, culms used for weaving. H7 I4 I6 J2 J4 J7 J9 K0 K2 K4 L7 M5 N2 B. fungosa 'White Cloud' A little smaller and more tender than the B4 D2 E8 J7 species. The leaves have an akebono look with a little white striping B. lushuiensis 25.0 1.5 20 3 aka Yunnan 4/95. B4 D2 E8 L7 6.1 3.8 -4

B. nujiangensis 20.0 1.5 15 3 aka Yunnan 3c/95. Previously misidentified as B4 D2 E1 E8 6.1 3.8 -9 Fargesia yulongshanensis. Thick culm walls like B. papyrifera, but with smaller, darker, narrower leaves.

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Borinda B. papyrifera 25.0 2.0 15 3 New culms are powdery blue -white aging to B4 C3 D2 E1 E8 K6 L7 N1 6.1 5.1 -9 yellow, with prominent fine vertical grooves. B. perlonga 20.0 1.5 15 3 aka Yunnan 6/95 (Lushui Co.). Very long culm E8 L7 6.1 3.8 -9 sheaths with some hairs. Dense, light green, broad leaves, blue culms. B. sp. 'Muliensis' 6.0 0.3 10 3 From Sichuan (Muli Co.). Broad, deciduous B4 L7 1.8 0.8 -12 leaves.

BRACHYSTACHYUM Genus similar to Semiarundinaria having one species, one variety. B. densiflorum 20.0 1.0 5 3 Young culms hairy; leaves up to 7 inches long C8 D2 E2 G0 I8 J2 J4 K2 6.1 2.5 -15 and an inch wide. Used for fishing rods and crafts. May be misidentified. B. densiflorum var. 20.0 1.0 -5 3 As above but base of culm sheaths densely villosum 6.1 2.5 -21 hairy.

CEPHALOSTACHYUM Tall, shrubby or climbing bamboos with generally slender, stiff and thin -walled c ulms. From India, China, Madagascar, , Indonesia. C. pergracile 30.0 2.0 32 5 Culms are straight and erect, covered with C9 D3 J6 J9 K0 L7 L9 9.1 5.1 0 white bristly hairs. Used as a flavor-adding vessel for cooking rice. C. virgatum 50.0 4.0 5 Thin walled, drooping. Manifold branching. 15.2 10.2 Some plants introduced may actually be a B. multiplex.

CHIMONOBAMBUSA Medium size running bamboos, often with raised, sometimes thorny nodes, or quadrangular culms, initiating new shoots in the fall or winter, or early spring hence "Winter bamboos". C. macrophylla 10.0 0.5 The only other Chimonobambusa species with B1 B4 C8 E8 G1 H3 I6 J4 L4 L7 'Intermedia' 3.1 1.3 prominently swollen nodes, but much smaller than C. tumidissinoda and with larger leaves. C. marmorea 6.0 0.5 15 3 New shoots and culm sheaths are marbled with A5 B4 B5 B9 C0 C1 C3 C5 C8 D2 E1 E2 E7 E8 MARBLED BAMBOO 1.8 1.3 -9 cream and purple. The almost solid culms turn F0 G1 H1 H3 I4 K2 L0 L1 L7 M3 M3 M3 N1 N2 dark purple. C. marmorea 'Variegata' 6.0 0.5 16 3 Same, except the leaves have narrow white A5 B4 B5 B8 C0 C1 C3 C8 D2 E7 E8 F0 G1 G2 1.8 1.3 -9 stripes. H1 J4 L0 L1 L4 L7 L9 N1 N2 C. quadrangularis 25.0 1.5 15 4 Prominent nodes. Culms are square in cross A5 B1 B4 B8 B9 C0 C1 C3 C5 C8 D2 E1 E2 E7 7.6 3.8 -9 section with rounded corners, especially on E8 G1 H1 H2 H3 I4 J7 K2 K4 L1 L4 L7 L9 M3 SQUARE BAMBOO M3 M3 N2 large mature plants. C. quadrangularis 25.0 1.5 15 4 Also known as 'Nagamineus'. Yellow culms D2 'Joseph de Jussieu' 7.6 3.8 -9 with green sulcus & few green stripes, with some white leaf stripes. C. quadrangularis 25.0 0.5 15 4 Culms are yellow with a few green stripes of B4 B5 C3 C8 D2 E1 E7 E8 F6 G1 H3 I4 J7 L0 L1 'Suow' 7.6 1.3 -9 varying width. L4 L7 M5 N1 C. quadrangularis Like the species, but with a yellow sulcus. B4 C8 D2 D7 E2 E8 'Yellow Groove' C. szechuanensis 19.0 1.0 10 4 Round culms, sheaths and leaves all with B4 C8 D7 J4 5.8 2.5 -12 tendency to strong red-purple coloration.

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Chimonobambusa C. tumidissinoda 20.0 1.3 10 4 A rare Chinese bamboo noted for its inflated A3 B1 B4 B5 B8 B9 C1 C3 C8 D2 D5 D7 D9 E1 6.1 3.3 -12 culm nodes. Used for walking sticks in E2 E7 E8 F1 F6 G0 G1 G3 H3 H4 I4 I6 I8 J3 J5 J7 K2 K6 L0 L4 L7 M5 N1 Sichuan, and highly prized for dried shoots. Also known as Qiongzhuea tumidissinoda.

CHIMONOCALAMUS Medium -sized clumping bamboos from Yunnan, China with culms bearing thorny basal nodes. Similar to Chimonobambusa but clumping and less hardy, from 1400 to only 2000 meters in subtropical mountainous regions. Shoots are very good eating and canned. Wood is hard and used for weaving and light construction. C. pallens 26.0 1.2 5 Erect culms , woody with root thorns at C3 D2 8.0 3.0 internode. Culm sheaths have green and purple striping.

CHUSQUEA A genus of C & S American bamboos that contains 134 described species, and possibly another 70 yet to be described. They are mostly clumping mountain bamboos, but some are runners. The solid culms usually bear one dominant branch and numerous branchlets. C. andina 12.0 1.0 0 4 Found at the treeline, the highest altitude B4 D2 D7 E8 L7 3.7 2.5 -18 species in Chusquea. Small spiky blue leaves. C. circinata 22.0 1.0 25 4 Dark arching culms, whorls of small leaves, C3 D2 H1 H7 J7 K0 L0 L7 6.7 2.5 -4 comes from central and southern Mexico. Clumping. previously misidentified as Arthrostylidium. C. circinata 'Chiapas' 28 Prev iously misidentified as Arthrostylidium. D2 L0 L7 0 Broader leaves and yellower shoots. From lower altitude and not so hardy. C. coronalis 23.0 0.8 30 4 A clumping bamboo with numerous tiny leaves A5 B4 C3 D2 E0 E2 F4 J7 J9 K0 K4 L0 L7 L9 7.0 2.0 -1 on branchlets that completely encircle the M3 M4 culms. Possibly the most beautiful bamboo in cultivation. C. culeou 15.0 1.0 0 5 Hardy clumper, from southern Chile, long A5 B4 B5 B9 C0 C1 D2 D5 D7 E1 E7 F0 G1 H3 4.6 2.5 -18 cultivated in Europe. Has many branches per I4 I6 J2 J5 J7 J9 K0 K2 L7 M3 M3 M3 M5 N1 node, all equal size. Many different clones available of varying hardiness and form. C. culeou 'Argentina' 15.0 1.3 0 4 These seedlings are longer branched than B4 D2 K0 L7 4.6 3.2 -18 their Chilean cousins. Sometimes identified as Chusquea argentina. C. culeou 'Caña Prieta' 15.0 1.0 0 5 Darker culms, becoming red -brown or nearly A5 B4 B9 C1 D2 D7 E8 J5 J7 K6 L7 N1 4.6 2.5 -18 black. Previously misidentified as C. nigricans. C. culeou 'Hilliers Form' 9.0 0.8 5 4 Stubby branches and compact leaves are B4 D2 D7 E8 L7 2.8 2.0 -15 combine with smaller stature. Considered to be a seedling variation of C. culeou. C. cumingii 10.0 0.8 10 5 Native to semiarid central Chile. Coastal range B4 C3 D2 E8 L7 L9 3.1 2.0 -12 on exposed slopes. Sometimes clambering. Numerous tiny stiff, very sharp leaves. C. delicatula 12.0 0.3 30 Scrambling small -leaved tender species from B4 D2 3.6 0.6 -1 Peru. C. foliosa 20.0 1.5 24 3 Long thin drooping leaves, golden culms with B4 C3 D2 K0 L7 6.1 3.8 -4 green nodes. C. galeottiana 20.0 0.8 28 3 A tropical climbing/arching bamboo from cloud D2 6.1 2.0 -2 forests in southern Mexico.

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Chusquea C. gigantea 25.0 1.5 0 5 Shoots red, culms light and dark green. Closely A5 B4 B9 C0 C1 C6 D2 E1 E7 E8 H3 I4 J5 K2 7.6 3.8 -18 allied to C. culeou. Many branches per node, K6 L7 M3 M3 M3 N1 N2 one to three thicker and very long. An "open clumper." Has been sold as C. breviglumis. C. glauca 10.0 0.5 20 3 Probably the largest -leaved Chuquea. Vining C3 D2 E8 L7 3.1 1.3 -7 habit but stays upright without support. Seeds came from plants collected in Mexico at 6000' elevation. C. liebmannii 33.0 1.0 32 4 Mexic o to Costa Rica. Culms are strongly D2 J7 J9 K0 L0 L7 L9 10.1 2.5 0 arching, sometimes clambering. Spine-like roots on the nodes, takes drier conditions than most bamboos. C. macrostachya 15.0 0.5 0 3 Native to southern Chile where it grows at D2 4.6 1.3 -18 elevations up to 3,000 feet. C. mimosa ssp. australis 15.0 1.0 20 3 From southern Brazil. Small leaves, on stiff A5 B4 D2 J7 K0 L7 L9 4.6 2.5 -2 burgundy -red culms. C. montana 6.0 0.3 0 3 From the southern forests of Chile. A sm all D2 1.8 0.8 -18 clumping sub-alpine species. Swollen nodes. C. muelleri 6.0 0.2 32 2 From eastern Mexico. Culms delicate and A5 D2 1.8 0.5 0 trailing, 2-6 branches per node. C. pittieri 25.0 2.0 24 5 The culms grow up, then arch over an d hang A5 B4 C3 D2 F4 J7 J9 K0 L7 M3 M3 M3 7.6 5.1 -4 down or climb on trees. Thorny nodes, especially near base. One of the largest of the genus. C. simpliciflora 50.0 0.4 32 3 A vining species that clambers over trees and 15.2 1.0 0 other plants. C. sp. 'Chiconquiaco' 10.0 0.5 20 3 From cloud forest of Veracrauz Mexico. This D2 K0 L7 3.1 1.3 -7 small-leaved vining species is an unusual Chusquea with a spreading habit. C. sp. 'Las Vigas' 8.0 0.5 20 3 Large leaves and very pretty ro sy -red new A5 D2 J7 L7 2.4 1.3 -7 shoots and arching culms. It has a fairly vigorous spreading and clambering habit. C. subtilis 20.0 1.0 24 3 Closely resembles C. foliosa. Very fine leaves, D2 K0 L7 6.1 2.5 -4 from high elevation in Costa Rica. C. sulcata 15.0 0.8 26 4 A clumper. Culms erect, become golden yellow A5 D2 I4 K0 L7 4.6 2.0 0 with age and light. Fine leaves, many branches per node. Southern Mexico to Costa Rica. C. tomentosa 25.0 1.5 24 3 A large, tall, vining plant wi th very long dark C3 D2 E2 L7 7.6 3.8 -4 green leaves. C. uliginosa 15.0 0.5 0 3 Native to southern Chile. Grows at the edge of A5 B4 D2 4.6 1.3 -18 seasonally inundated wetlands. C. valdiviensis 25.0 1.0 0 4 A climbing bamboo from souther n Chile, B4 D2 L7 N1 7.6 2.5 -18 formerly sold as C. quila. Self-supporting culms reach 25 ft, but culms can scramble on to 40 ft on tree branches. Climbs to reach the light. C. virgata 25.0 0.8 From Costa Rica. Culms mottled with purple, B4 C3 D2 J7 K0 7.6 2.0 erect at the base and arching, nodes swollen.

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DENDROCALAMUS Giant tropical clumping bamboos similar to Bambusa, often with bigger branches and leaves, and hairier culms. D. asper 100.0 8.0 32 5 An impressive ornamental growin g rapidly A0 A5 B0 B1 B3 B6 C3 C7 C8 C9 E0 F4 F8 G4 30.5 20.3 0 under favorable conditions. Shoots are large, of H1 H6 H7 J6 J7 K0 K3 K4 L5 L7 L9 M3 M3 M3 M4 the highest quality for food. Thai and Indonesia clones differ. D. asper 'Betung Hitam' 100.0 8.0 32 5 A black cultivar of D. asper. Rare. A0 A5 B0 B1 B3 C3 C8 D3 E0 E4 F1 F4 F8 H7 30.5 20.3 0 J6 J7 J9 K0 L5 L9 M3 M3 M3 M4

D. brandisii 100.0 8.0 32 5 Thick walled culms; similar to D. giganteus. A0 A5 B0 B3 B8 C3 C7 C8 C9 D2 E0 E4 E5 F4 30.5 20.3 0 Shoots of high quality, edible raw. F8 H1 H7 J6 J7 J9 K0 L5 L7 L9 M4 D. brandisii 'Black' 8.0 25 5 A very attractive, fast growing black bamboo. D3 E0 K0 20.3 -4 Live culms are black but dry to a dark brown color, very valuable for furniture etc. D. brandisii (variegated) 100.0 12.0 32 5 Like the species but with variegated leaves. An B0 F4 J7 K0 30.5 30.5 0 unnamed cultivar. D. calostachyus 70.0 5.0 25 5 This may be a misidentification of a cultivar of C8 E0 F1 K0 21.3 12.7 -4 D. strictus. Used for construction. D. giganteus 100.0 12.0 25 5 From Burma, perhaps the largest bamboo in the A0 A5 B0 B1 B3 B8 C3 C8 C9 D2 E0 H7 J7 J9 30.5 30.5 -4 world. Leaves can be up to 20 inches long and K0 K3 L4 L5 L7 L9 M3 M3 M3 4 inches wide. D. giganteus (Quail 100.0 12.0 25 5 Propagated from the large specimen at Quail C3 C8 E0 F8 J9 K0 L9 Clone) 30.5 30.5 -4 Botanical Gardens in California. D. giganteus (variegated) 25 Variegated leaves. An unnamed cultiva r. J7 K0 L9 -4

D. hamiltonii 80.0 7.0 27 5 Native from the to Laos, with A0 A5 B0 B3 C3 C8 D2 E0 F1 H1 H7 J7 K0 L5 24.4 17.8 -3 pendulous pruinose culms, leaves up to 15 L7 L9 inches long. D. jianshuiensis 55.0 5.0 25 5 Similar t o D. hamiltonii, but from China, with A5 C3 C8 C9 E0 F4 H1 H7 J7 J9 K0 L9 M3 M3 16.8 12.7 -4 fimbriate culm sheath ligule. M3 D. jianshuiensis 55.0 5.0 5 As above but with variegated leaves. An J7 K0 (variegated) 16.8 12.7 unnamed cultivar. D. latiflorus 65.0 8.0 25 5 From southern China. The large, dark green A0 A5 C7 C8 D9 E0 F8 H7 J7 J9 K0 L7 L9 M4 19.8 20.3 -4 leaves are 10 to 16 inches long and 3 to 4 inches wide. D. latiflorus 'Mei -nung' 65.0 8.0 25 5 Similar, but with light green culms striped with A0 A5 C3 C9 E0 F4 H1 H7 J7 K0 L7 L9 M3 M3 19.8 20.3 -4 dark green. M3 D. minor 25.0 2.0 5 Culm top bending and drooping. Culm annulus A0 A5 B0 C3 C8 C9 D3 E0 H1 H7 J7 J9 K0 L9 7.6 5.1 and sheath annulus near the culm base have a yellowish brown ring. D. minor 'Amoenus' 25.0 2.0 25 5 Culms pale yellow with green stripes, smaller A0 A5 B0 B1 B3 B8 C3 C7 C8 C9 D1 D3 D6 E0 7.6 5.1 -4 than the type. E4 E5 F1 F6 F8 G2 G7 H1 H5 H7 J6 J7 J9 K0 K3 L0 L5 L7 L9 M4 D. sikkimensis 65.0 8.0 35 5 Large culms become brownish red. Culm B8 C8 J7 J9 K0 L9 19.8 20.3 2 sheaths densely velvety with large auricles. Used for containers and water buckets. D. sinicus 120.0 12.0 27 5 Largest bamboo in China. Culm heavily E0 L9 36.5 30.5 -3 pruinose with drooping tip, some basal internodes short and asymetrical, & ring of yellowish brown silky hair on nodes.

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Dendrocalamus D. sp. 'Maroochy' 33.0 8.0 25 5 Beautiful impressive arching new bamboo with C8 D3 E0 K0 L9 10.0 20.3 -4 yellow striated culm s. Useful as a main feature in a garden. It may be a Gigantochloa. D. sp. 'Parker's Giant' 80.0 12.0 5 BIG! An unidentified, giant, timber bamboo. D3 E0 E4 F1 F8 K0 K3 L5 L9 24.4 30.5 Discovered by Jim Parker in Hawaii. Massive, thick culms. D. strictus 60.0 5.0 30 5 Common bamboo of India, used mainly for A0 B0 B1 B8 C3 C8 C9 E0 E4 F1 K0 L7 L9 MALE BAMBOO 18.3 12.7 -1 pulp. Culms not very straight, often small and usually solid. Flowers frequently. Most internet seed is from this, marketed as anything pretty. D. yunnanicus 80.0 7.0 5 From southeast Yunnan and from . C3 C8 E0 E4 F8 J7 J9 K0 L9 24.4 17.8 Pale green. Used for shoots, construction, pipes, rafts.

DINOCHLOA High -climbing clum ping bamboos native from Burma to the , with solid culms that twine around trees and other plants for support. Large fleshy fruits, from the size of a pea to a golf ball. D. malayana 30.0 0.5 28 3 From Malaysia and Thailand. Leaves large and C8 D3 K0 L9 9.1 1.3 -2 shiny. Rough culms and internodes, and hairy culm sheaths. D. scandens 30.0 0.5 28 3 Has black culms, usually solid, and large ovate C9 L9 9.1 1.3 -2 leaves. Plants in the U.S. may be D. malayana.

DREPANOSTACHYUM Sm all to medium size clumping bamboos, elegant leaves. Smaller than Himalayacalamus. Culm sheaths hairy inside at top. Branches many and all equal, while Himalayacalamus species also have a dominant central branch. D. khasianum 12.0 0.5 28 3 The new cul ms are dark green covered with A5 B4 C3 C8 D2 D3 E0 E2 E4 E8 F8 H1 J7 J9 K0 L7 L9 M3 N2 3.7 1.3 -2 white powder which gives them a bluish look. Several species have been grown under this name. Identity of the US clone is uncertain D. falcatum var. 30.0 1.1 20 3 Bright green culms, small, papery thin leaves. B4 C0 C3 D2 E8 J9 K0 L7 sengteeanum 9.1 2.8 -7 Hardiest Drepanostachyum. Was sold in the US as D. falconeri.

FARGESIA Clumping bamboos from the alpine forests of west and southwes t China. Medium to small and all very cold hardy, but not tolerant of very high summer temperatures. Flowers like toothbrushes. Culms smooth. F. adpressa 18.0 1.3 0 3 From Sichuan; similar to F. robusta. This plant A5 B4 B5 D2 E1 E7 H3 J3 L7 N2 5.5 3.3 -18 has been sold as Fargesia sp. A-4. Open clumps of purplish-green culms. Some of the plants may be F. murieliae. F. apicirubens 16.0 0.8 -10 3 Native to China at elevations over 6,000 feet. A B4 B5 C1 C3 D2 D5 D7 E1 E2 E7 E8 G1 G3 G6 RED-TIPPED BAMBOO 4.9 2.0 -23 new species previously misidentified as F. H3 I1 I6 J2 J3 K0 K8 L6 L7 L8 M5 N1 N2 dracocephala. F. apicirubens 'White 8.0 0.5 -5 3 Selected seedling with Akebono style white B4 C6 D7 E8 H3 I4 J7 L6 L7 N1 Dragon' 2.4 1.3 -21 variegation on spring leaves. F. denudata 16.0 0.5 0 3 From Sichuan. Similar to F. murieliae, but B4 B5 B9 C1 D2 D7 E1 E2 E7 E8 G1 G3 G6 H3 4.9 1.3 -18 leaves are smaller and more delicate. Culms H8 I6 K8 L6 L7 N1 N2 branch out after the first winter. F. dracocephala 'Rufa' 10.0 0.5 -5 2 From Sichuan. Early shoots. Also known as A5 B1 B4 B5 B9 C1 C3 C6 C8 D2 D5 D7 D9 E1 3.0 1.2 -21 Gansu 95-1. Close to the description of the real E2 E7 E8 G1 G3 G5 G6 H3 H8 H9 I1 I5 I6 I7 J3 J4 K0 K6 K8 L6 L7 L8 M0 M5 N1 N2 F. dracocephala. F. murieliae 15.0 0.5 -20 2 Similar to F. nitida but with green culms. May A5 B4 B9 C0 C3 D2 D9 E1 E2 E8 G1 H3 H8 I4 UMBRELLA BAMBOO 4.6 1.3 -29 be the hardiest bamboo in the U.S. Grows at I7 J2 J3 K0 K6 K8 L6 L7 L8 M2 M3 M3 M3 N1 above 10,000 feet in China, important panda food. American Bamboo Society 17 2009 Source List #29

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Fargesia F. murieliae (next 15.0 0.5 -20 2 Clone introduced by Wilson in 1907 set seed in B4 B5 C3 D2 E2 E7 E8 G1 G3 G6 H3 I1 I6 J2 J3 generation seedlings) 4.6 1.3 -29 1980s & 90s and died. Seedling variants are K2 K6 K8 L6 L7 L8 N1 N2 available under many cultivar names. F. murieliae 'SABE 939' 15.0 0.5 -20 2 A different introduction, brought in by the B5 D2 L7 4.6 1.3 -29 Sino-American Botanical Expedition of 1980. It also flowered, and has been identified as F. murieliae. Seedlings will have new cultivar names. F. nitida 12.0 0.5 -20 2 Upright culms with thick grey deciduous wax A5 B4 B5 B9 C0 C1 C3 C5 C6 D2 D5 D7 E1 E2 3.7 1.3 -29 may become nearly black. Sheaths orange- E7 E8 F0 G1 G6 H2 H3 H8 H9 I1 I6 J3 J7 K0 K2 FOUNTAIN BAMBOO K8 L1 L6 L7 L8 M0 M1 M2 M3 M3 M3 M5 N1 ribbed. From 1889 seed many old generation N2 cultivars named, but most now flowering and probably all about to die. F. nitida 'Anceps' 12.0 0.5 -20 2 Old generation. This plant has recently A5 D2 E1 F0 G6 H3 H9 I1 J2 J7 L6 N1 N2 3.7 1.3 -29 flowered and died and there is no guarantee that the seedlings will match the parent. F. nitida 'De Belder' and 12.0 0.5 -20 2 Old gene ration. This plant has recently C1 D2 E1 E7 H3 I1 K2 L6 L8 M1 'Stream Cottage' 3.7 1.3 -29 flowered and died and there is no guarantee that the seedlings will match the parent. F. nitida 'Eisenach' 6.0 0.3 -20 2 Old generation. This plant has recently B5 C1 D2 E7 G6 I1 J2 J4 J7 L6 L7 N2 1.8 0.8 -29 flowered and di ed and there is no guarantee that the seedlings will match the parent. F. nitida 'Ems River' 12.0 0.5 -20 2 Old generation. This plant has recently B5 D2 G6 H3 I1 L6 M1 3.7 1.3 -29 flowered and died and there is no guarantee that the seedlings will match the parent. F. nitida 'Jiuzhaigou' 12.0 0.5 -20 2 New introductions. Several new seedling clones B4 B5 B9 D2 D5 D7 E1 E2 E8 G3 H3 H8 H9 I1 3.7 1.3 -29 from Jiuzhaigou Reserve. I4 J3 J5 L6 L7 L8 M5 N1 F. nitida 'Gansu 2' 12.0 0.5 -20 2 Old generation. This plant has recently I1 L6 L7 3.7 1.3 -29 flowered and died and there is no guarantee that the seedlings will match the parent. F. nitida 'McClure' 18.0 0.5 -20 2 Old generation. Leave s long and narrow but B5 D2 E7 H9 I1 J2 J4 L6 L8 N1 5.5 1.3 -29 wider than 'Nymphenburg'. F. nitida 'Nymphenburg' 12.0 0.5 -20 2 Old generation. This plant has recently C1 D2 E1 E7 G6 H3 H9 I1 I7 J2 L6 L7 N2 3.7 1.3 -29 flowered and died and there is no guarantee that the seedlings will match the parent. F. nitida 'Wakehurst' 12.0 0.5 -20 2 Old generation. This plant has recently D7 H9 L6 3.7 1.3 -29 flowered and died and there is no guarantee that the seedlings will match the parent. F. robusta 16.0 1.0 -4 4 From Sichuan Province, China, at elevations A5 B4 B5 B7 B9 C0 C1 C3 C6 D2 D5 D7 D9 E1 4.9 2.5 -20 over 8,000 feet.Early shoots. E2 E7 E8 G1 G3 G6 G8 H3 H9 I1 I4 I5 I6 I7 J2 J3 J4 J5 K0 K6 K8 L6 L7 L8 M2 M5 N1 N2 F. robusta 'Campbell' 16.0 1.0 -4 4 Upright form with small leaves B4 E8 J3 K6 4.9 2.5 -20

F. robusta 'Wolong' 17.0 1.0 -4 4 Collected in Wolong, Sichuan in 1996. More B4 B5 D7 E1 E8 G1 G3 H3 H9 J3 K6 L6 L7 N1 5.2 2.5 -20 vigorous, with larger leaves. Bamboo 23: 16. 2002. F. sp. 'Scabrida' -5 4 From Pingwu, Sichuan. Orange sheaths as F. A5 B4 D2 D7 E0 E1 E2 E8 G1 G3 H3 H8 I6 J3 -21 dracocephala 'Rufa' but with more culm wax. J5 K6 L7 N1 N2 Not F. scabrida. F. utilis 13.0 0.5 0 4 From Yunnan, culms curve upwards with B4 B5 D2 D5 D9 E1 E7 E8 H3 J2 J5 K0 L6 L7 TUNGCHUAN #3 4.0 1.3 -18 pendulous cascading foliage. May be Borinda N1 N2 but flowers unknown.

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GAOLIGONGSHANIA A genus with one species. From Yunnan, China. G. megalothyrsa 6.0 0.4 0 3 From Yunnan, China, near the Burmese border, C3 1.8 1.0 -18 at 1300-2600 meters altitude. Small, bushy and slow.

GIGANTOCHLOA Giant, tropical, clumping bamboos similar to Bambusa. G. atroviolacea, G. atter, G. robusta, and G. pseudoarundinacea were formerly all considered to be forms of G. verticillata. Rarely or come true from seed, and may be "natural hybrids." G. albociliata 30.0 2.0 30 4 Tight clump. It has long (up to an inch) culm C3 C8 F8 K0 L9 M4 9.1 5.1 -1 leaf ligules, narrow leaves. Light gray-green culms, white stripes. G. apus 65.0 4.0 27 5 Common in , not found anywhere in the A5 B0 C3 C8 C9 F8 J1 J7 J9 K0 L7 L9 M4 BAMBU TALI 19.8 10.2 -3 wild. Used for many purposes. It has large leaves, up to 15 inches long and 21/2 inches wide. Young culms are hairy. G. atroviolacea 50.0 3.5 25 5 From Java and . Brown to black culms A0 A5 B0 B3 B6 C3 C7 C8 C9 D3 D6 E0 E4 E5 15.2 8.9 -4 striped faint green. Dark green leaves. Sheath F8 G2 G4 H7 J1 J6 J7 J9 K0 K1 K3 L0 L7 L9 M3 TROPICAL BLACK M3 M4 blades reflexed. G. atter 50.0 4.0 28 5 From Java. Sweet shoots, strong straight A5 B0 B3 B6 C8 F8 J1 J7 J9 K0 L9 M4 15.2 10.2 -2 culms. Sheath covered with black hairs. Used for furniture. G. hasskarliana 30.0 2.5 28 5 Native to west Java; dense clumps planted as C8 H7 J9 K0 L9 9.1 6.4 -2 hedges and used to weave baskets. G. levis 45.0 5.0 28 5 Young culm densely covered with brown or C3 C8 D3 K0 13.7 12.7 -2 white tomentum, turning whitish gray when full grown. Edible shoots. G. maxima 45.0 4.0 28 5 Variegated culms with cream -colored stripes. A5 B0 B3 C3 C8 C9 E0 F8 H7 J7 J9 K0 L9 M4 13.7 10.2 -2 The exact ID of plants that have been sold in the past under this name is not clear; also see G. pseudoarundinacea. G. pseudoarundinacea 100.0 5.0 28 5 Formerly included in G. verticillata complex. A5 B0 C3 C7 C8 C9 E0 E4 F1 F8 H7 J7 J9 K0 30.5 12.7 -2 The culms when young are light green, with L7 L9 thin yellow stripes. G. ridleyi 50.0 2.0 32 5 A very useful straight culmed, large -leafed, A0 C3 C8 J6 J7 K0 L9 15.2 5.1 0 handsome bamboo. Tight habit with persistent culm sheaths. G. robusta 60.0 3.5 28 5 Large, erect, strong. Java, Sumatra. Used for A5 C8 K0 18.3 8.9 -2 pipes, co nstruction, handicrafts, shoots. Yellow stripes near base. G. sp. 'Rachel Carson' 59.0 3.0 28 5 Attractive cream stripes on a vivid green culm D3 J9 K0 L9 18.0 7.6 -2 and large leaves. Cream striped green shoots. A striking larger ornamental with a tropical look. G. sp. 'Sumatra 3751' 60.0 28 5 Purple stripes on green canes. May be A5 C3 C8 C9 E0 F8 J7 J9 K0 L9 M4 18.3 -2 Gigantochloa kuring, "buluh kuring hitam" and may be bigger. G. sp. 'Widjaja 3827' Large, erect culms, with cream -colored stripes. A5 C8 H7 J9 K0 Strong. G. wrayii 30.0 3.0 30 5 Long internodes; used for basket making in A0 A5 B0 C3 C8 J9 K0 L9 9.1 7.6 -1 Malaysia. Culms erect, slightly arching outwards.

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GUADUA A ge nus of giant, thorny, tropical clumping bamboos native to the New World. Clumps very open. Some older references include them in Bambusa. G. amplexifolia 50.0 4.0 28 5 Short internodes, nearly solid in the lower part A0 B0 C9 E0 F8 J6 J7 K0 L0 L7 L9 M4 15.2 10.2 -2 of the arching culms. Useful, but not as strong as G. angustifolia. G. angustifolia 100.0 9.0 30 5 The largest of the American bamboos, native A0 B0 B1 C8 E0 F1 F8 H6 J6 J7 K0 K1 K3 L9 30.5 22.9 -1 Venezuela to Peru, used for house construction M3 M3 M3 M4 and furniture. Thorny. Open clumps. G. angustifolia 'Bicolor' 100.0 8.0 30 5 Culms have vertical yellow and green stripes. B0 B3 C8 C9 F8 H6 J1 J7 J9 K0 L0 L7 L9 M4 30.5 20.3 -1 Also known as 'Striata'. G. angustifolia 'Less 100.0 8.0 30 5 A clone with significantly fewer and smaller A0 B0 C8 C9 F8 J1 J6 J7 J9 K0 L9 M4 Thorny' 30.5 20.3 -1 thorns. G. chacoensis 65.0 6.0 30 5 A large woody thorny green bamboo, with erect B0 C3 C8 E0 F1 H6 J7 K0 L7 L9 19.8 15.2 -1 culms, from Bolivia to Uraguay. May grow taller than listed. G. longifolia 30.0 2.0 30 5 Leaves long and narrow like Otatea, rhizomes L0 L7 9.1 5.1 -1 with very long necks. Covers river banks in Mexico. G. paniculata 30.0 2.5 30 5 A smal l Guadua looking similar to Otatea from L0 L7 9.1 6.4 -1 a distance, found in many tropical locations in the Americas. Thorny with long rhizomes. G. velutina 50.0 4.0 28 5 Culms thick walled but not solid. Erect. New C9 K0 15.2 10.2 -2 shoots have beautiful maroon culm sheaths, which cling tightly to the lower internodes. G. sp. 'Aureocaulis' Blonde culms with random width green stripes C8 D3 E0 K0 L0 L9 MOONLIGHT and white nodal rings. Leaves strongly white- variegated.

HIBAN OBAMBUSA A running genus from Japan once thought to be a natural bigeneric hybrid between Sasa veitchii and Phyllostachys nigra 'Henon', but with little evidence to support that idea. H. tranquillans 16.0 1.3 0 3-5 The only species of the genus has sing le, rarely B4 C1 C8 D2 E1 E2 H3 H4 I0 I1 J4 N2 4.9 3.3 -18 2 branches per node and large leaves, like Sasa. Does well in sun or shade. H. tranquillans 16.0 1.3 0 4 This form has strikingly attractive leaves A2 A3 B1 B4 B5 B7 B8 B9 C0 C1 C3 C8 C9 D0 4.9 3.3 -18 variegated in cream and gree n. The colors D2 D5 D9 E1 E2 E6 E7 E8 E9 F1 F5 F6 G0 G1 'Shiroshima' G2 G3 G6 G8 H1 H2 H3 H4 H8 H9 I0 I1 I4 I6 I8 persist throughout the year. J2 J4 J7 K0 K2 K4 K6 K8 L0 L1 L7 L8 L9 M3 M3 M3 M5 N1 N2

HIMALA YACALAMUS Clump -forming mountain bamboos from the Himalayas with attractive culms and lush foliage. H. falconeri 30.0 1.3 15 3 US clone is from 'Damarapa' with no stripes. B4 B5 C0 C3 D2 E1 E8 G1 H1 I4 J9 K0 L7 N2 9.1 3.3 -9 Also see Drepanostachyum sengteeanum. H. falconeri 'Damarapa' 20.0 2.0 15 2 Beautiful cultivar with masses of leaves on A5 B3 B4 B5 C0 C3 D2 E1 E2 E8 G1 G3 H1 H2 CANDY-STRIPE 6.1 5.1 -9 long, slender branchlets. Culms green, striped I4 I6 J5 J7 J9 K0 K4 L7 M3 M3 M3 M5 N1 N2 BAMBOO with yellow or lavender-pink. Formerly misidentified as Drepanostachyum hookerianum. Species still uncertain. H. hookerianus 20.0 0.8 20 2 Light blue culms become blue -purple in first A5 B4 C0 C3 D2 E1 E2 E7 E8 G3 H2 I4 J7 J9 K0 BLUE BAMBOO 6.1 2.0 -4 winter. Formerly sold as Drepanostachyum K4 L7 M3 M3 M3 N2 falcatum. Named seedling clones have not maintained differences when mature. H. planatus 20.0 0.5 15 3 From C Nepal. As H. falconeri but with rougher A5 B4 C0 C3 D2 E1 E2 E8 H2 J7 J9 K0 L7 6.1 1.3 -4 culm sheaths. Split from H. asper. Previously Neomicrocalamus microphyllus. American Bamboo Society 20 2009 Source List #29

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Himalayacalamus H. porcatus 20.0 1.0 20 3 From Nepal. Grows above 2000 meters. Tight A5 B4 C3 D2 E8 G1 H1 I4 J7 K0 L7 6.1 2.5 -4 clumper, finely ridged internodes.

INDOCALAMUS Small, running bamboos from China with large, broad leaves; similar to Sasa but with non -prominent culm nodes. I. cordatus 5.0 0.3 A new introduction from China. C8 J4 1.5 1.3

I. latifolius 10.0 0.5 -5 3 Sim ilar to I. tessellatus, leaves about a foot B4 B8 B9 C1 C3 C8 D2 D9 E1 E8 E9 F5 G1 G2 3.1 1.3 -21 long. G6 G8 H3 H4 I0 J2 J4 L0 L1 L4 L6 L7 M3 M3 M3 N1 I. longiauritus 5.0 0.3 -5 3 Culms hairy below the nodes; prominent B9 C3 C8 D2 E2 E8 H3 J4 L6 L8 1.5 0.8 -21 auricles and oral setae. I. sp. 'Hamadae' 15.0 0.6 -5 3 The only Japanese Indocalamus. Culms taller A5 B4 C8 E1 E8 G1 J4 L0 L6 4.6 1.5 -21 and thicker than I. tessellatus, branches commonly not 1 but 3. The large leaves were used for wrapping rice balls. Native to Kyushu. I. sp. 'Solidus' 8.0 0.4 -5 3 Culms solid, leaves only 8 to 10 inches long. B1 B4 C1 C8 D0 E8 E9 F5 G0 G3 G6 I0 I8 J2 J4 2.4 1.0 -21 Species not known. L3 L4 L6 L8 I. tessellatus 7.0 0.5 -15 3-5 Usual ly less than 4 feet tall, it can reach 10ft A3 A5 B1 B4 B7 B8 B9 C0 C1 C3 C8 C9 D0 D2 2.1 1.3 -26 and has the largest leaves of any bamboo in D6 E0 E1 E2 E7 E8 E9 F1 F5 G0 G1 G2 G3 G5 G6 G8 G9 H1 H3 H4 H8 H9 I0 I1 I4 I6 I7 I8 J2 cultivation, up to 26 inches by 5 inches. Adapts J4 J5 J7 K2 K8 L0 L1 L4 L6 L7 L8 M3 M3 M3 easily to growing in pots. Does well in shade M5 N1 N2 or sun. I. victorialis 4.0 0.2 0 3 A new introduction from China. C8 J4 1.2 0.5 -18

INDOSASA A group of mid -size runnin g bamboos from southern China and Vietnam. I. crassiflora 20.0 1.6 Culm wall thick, nearly solid. Glabrous, B4 C8 D2 E8 L0 6.1 4.1 slightly pruinose. I. gigantea 50.0 4.0 From south China. Also known as Acidosasa J4 15.2 10.2 gigantea.

LITHACHNE Genus of clumping herbaceous bamboos from the tropical western hemisphere with asymmetric, truncate -based leaf blades. L. humilis 1.0 0.1 32 3 The small leaves fold down together at night. It 0.3 0.3 0 flowers frequently, producing viable seed.

MELOCALAMUS A small group of scrambling bamboos with persistent culm sheaths and large leaves. M. arrectus From Yunnan. Used in weaving. Fruit edible. J9 Red blush on largish leaves.

MELOCANNA A genus native to India and Burma, with 3 species, only one of which is in the United States. Open clumpers with long-necked rhizomes. M. baccifera 60.0 3.0 32 5 Thin walled, erect. Fruits, the size of a pear, K0 18.3 7.6 0 sometimes sprout on the plant. Shoots & fruit edible.

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MENSTRUOCALAMUS Very similar to Chimonobambusa and may be synonymous. One species, from Sichuan China. M. sichuanensis 15.0 0.8 0 Used as an ornamental in China. D2 4.6 2.0 -18

NASTUS A genus of slender to large bamboos found from Madagascar to the Solomon Islands. Erect, scrambling, or climbing, many branches at each node. N. elatus 60.0 4.0 25 5 Long narrow light grayish -green leaves, erect E0 F8 J9 K0 L7 L9 M4 18.3 10.2 -4 new lime green culms turn yellowish with age. From coastal New Guinea. Needs humid area. Shoots edible raw.

NEOHOUZEAUA Medium -sized clumping bamboos from SE . Culm tips often scrambling. Included in Schizostachyum in some references. N. mekongensis 5.0 0.4 40 A small clumping bamboo from Vietnam C8 C9 K0 L9 1.5 1.0 4 suitable for low hedges.

NEOLOLEBA Tropical genus from Indonesia, PNG, & N Australia. N. atra 16.0 1.2 40 From New Guinea and northernmost Australia. IRON RANGE 4.9 3.1 4 Large leaves. May be a Schizostachyum. BAMBOO Tender.

OCHLANDRA A group of shrubby gregarious reed -like bamboos, native to southern India and Sri Lanka, with persistent culm - sheaths. O. stridula 18.0 0.8 0 5 Native to Sri Lanka, where it is used C3 C9 D2 REED BAMBOO 5.5 2.0 -18 extensively for basketry and for paper pulp. Good for craft work. May be misidentified Semiarundinaria species.

OLIGOSTACHYUM A group of small to medium running bamboos from the coast of China, similar to Semiarundinaria. Swollen nodes. O. glabrescens 6.0 0.4 From and , China. Long narrow 1.8 1.0 leaves.

OLMECA A Mexican genus, with two species. Both species have large fleshy fruits, and rhizomes with long necks, very open clumps. O. recta 45.0 2.0 4 Green culms; nodes subdued on main culm but 13.7 5.1 bulge on branches. Branches at about 10 ft; looks like a palm. Fruits to one inch diameter.

OTATEA Genus of American clumping bamboos with 3 known species. From central Mexico to Central America. O. acuminata 15.0 1.0 28 5 Coarser, with burgundy culm tips, darker C3 D2 H1 L7 'Michoacan' 4.6 2.5 -2 culms, more persistant culms sheath and a stiffer look to the leaves. O. acuminata ssp. 15.0 0.7 28 5 Smaller and more delicate looking the n A5 B0 C3 C5 C9 D2 J7 K4 L7 L9 acuminata 4.6 1.8 -2 aztecorum, it comes from the hot, humid lowlands of eastern Mexico. O. acuminata ssp. 20.0 1.5 22 4 The long narrow leaves are produced in such A0 A5 B0 B4 B6 C0 C1 C3 C9 D2 E0 E2 E4 E5 6.1 3.8 -6 abundance that they almost completely obscure F0 F1 F4 F8 G1 G3 G7 G8 H1 H2 H9 I4 J6 J7 J9 aztecorum K0 K3 L1 L4 L7 L9 M3 M3 M3 M4 N2 MEXICAN WEEPING the culms. Clumps open with culms spaced up to 1 or 2 feet.

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Otatea O. acuminata ssp. 4.0 0.7 22 4 A dwarf form of the above. Looks like a A5 C3 J7 K0 K4 M3 aztecorum 'Dwarf' 1.2 1.8 -6 basketball. DWARF MEXICAN WEEPING O. fimbriata 14.0 0.7 24 4 Leaves up to a foot long and 3/4 inch wide, C3 D2 F4 J6 K0 L0 L7 4.3 1.8 -4 waxy whitish culms, from Mexico to northern Colombia. O. glauca 'Mayan Silver' 20.0 1.5 22 4 Previously known as O. acuminata 'Mayan A5 B1 B4 C3 C9 D2 E0 E4 F0 G7 H1 J7 J8 J9 6.0 3.8 -6 Silver'. From Chiapas, Mexico, with hollow K0 K3 L0 L7 L9 M3 M3 culms covered in silver-white waxy powder. Leaves weeping and narrow.

OXYTENANTHERA Clumping bamboos from the savanna woodlands of tropical Africa. O. abyssinica 30.0 4.0 30 5 Native to Ethiopia. Bright green, no thorns. J9 L9 9.1 10.2 -1 Zigzag culms. O. braunii 30.0 4.0 30 5 May be the same species as O. abyssinica. F8 WINE BAMBOO 9.1 10.2 -1 Young shoots are cut off to produce sap that is fermented for "wine" in Tanzania.

PHYLLOSTACHYS Medium to giant runners which have a distinct groove above pairs of unequal branches at mid -culm nodes. They shoot in spring. P. acuta 26.0 2.5 0 5 Introduced from Zhejiang Province, China in C8 D2 J4 K2 L6 7.9 6.4 -18 1984. Named for its sharp-pointed shoots. P. angusta 22.0 1.3 0 5 Called Stone Bamboo because of the hard A2 A3 A8 B1 B4 B5 B8 B9 C1 C3 C8 D0 D2 E1 6.7 3.3 -18 texture of its culms which in China are used to E2 E7 E8 E9 F1 F2 F4 F5 G0 G3 G6 G8 G9 H1 STONE BAMBOO H4 I1 I4 I6 I8 J2 J4 K2 L1 L4 L6 L7 L8 N1 N2 make fine bamboo furniture. P. a rcana 27.0 1.3 0 5 Named after its "hidden" characters of B8 C1 C8 D2 E1 E8 G0 G6 G8 H4 I0 I8 J4 K2 8.2 3.3 -18 distinctive recognition. In China it is used for L0 L6 L7 L8 N2 shoots and split culms are woven into mats. P. arcana 'Luteosulcata' 27.0 1.3 0 5 Same as P. arcana but with a yellow groove. B4 D7 E8 J2 L0 L6 8.2 3.3 -18

P. atrovaginata 35.0 2.8 -15 5 The shoots are among those having the least A2 A8 B1 B4 B5 C1 C3 C8 C9 D0 D2 D5 E1 E2 10.7 7.1 -26 bite when raw. These plants were formerly E6 E7 E8 F4 F5 G0 G3 G8 H3 H4 I1 I6 I8 J0 J2 INCENSE BAMBOO J4 K2 K6 K8 L4 L6 L7 L8 M5 N1 listed as P. congesta. P. aurea 27.0 1.8 0 5 The most commonly cultivated bamboo in the A0 A1 A2 A3 A5 B0 B1 B3 B4 B5 B7 B8 B9 C0 8.2 4.6 -18 U.S., easily identified by one to several short C1 C3 C5 C6 C8 C9 D0 D2 D5 D6 D7 E1 E7 E8 GOLDEN, FISHPOLE E9 F1 F2 F4 F5 F6 G0 G1 G3 G5 G6 G9 H0 H1 BAMBOO internodes at the base of some of its culms. It is H2 H3 H4 H5 I0 I1 I2 I6 I8 J4 J5 K2 K6 L1 L3 most invasive in areas with warm summers. L4 L6 L7 L9 M2 M3 M3 M3 M5 N1 N2 Culm may grow to 3 inches diameter in favorable conditions. P. aurea 'Albovariegata' 27.0 1.8 0 5 Same, except that the leaves are smaller, striped B1 B4 C8 D0 D7 J4 L6 L8 M3 M3 M3 N1 VARIEGATED 8.2 4.6 -18 with white. Many plants flowered recently; GOLDEN BAMBOO some have survived but nearly all reverted to normal form. P. aurea 'Dr Don' 27.0 1.8 10 5 Glaucous blue culms with denser wax than B4 I4 L0 8.2 4.6 -12 usual P. aurea 'Flavescens- 27.0 1.8 0 5 The green culms have a pale yellow groove. B4 B5 B8 C0 C1 C3 C6 C8 C9 D2 D7 E1 E7 E8 8.2 4.6 -18 F4 G0 G1 H3 H4 I0 J2 J4 K2 K6 L4 L6 L7 L8 L9 inversa' M3 M3 M3 N1 P. aurea 'Holochrysa' 27.0 1.8 0 5 Unl ike the typical form whose culms stay green B1 B3 B4 B5 B7 B8 B9 C1 C3 C8 D2 E1 E7 E8 8.2 4.6 -18 until old, these culms soon turn yellow, then F2 F4 G0 G1 H1 H2 H3 H4 I0 I4 I6 I8 J4 K2 K6 GOLDEN GOLDEN L1 L4 L6 L7 N1 N2 golden orange. American Bamboo Society 23 2009 Source List #29

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Phyllostachys P. aurea 'Ko i' 27.0 1.8 0 5 The culms turn from green to yellow after the A1 A3 A5 B0 B4 B5 B7 B8 B9 C0 C1 C3 C6 C8 8.2 4.6 -18 first 6 months, but the culm grooves remain C9 D2 E1 E7 E8 E9 F0 F1 F2 F4 F5 G0 G1 G5 H1 H3 H4 I0 I4 I8 J2 J4 J7 K2 K6 L0 L1 L4 L6 green. L7 M2 M3 M3 M3 M5 N1 N2 P. aurea 'Takemurai' 35.0 3.0 0 5 It lacks the short internodes of the typical form. B4 C1 C3 C8 D2 J4 L6 L7 10.7 7.6 -18

P. aureosulcata 45.0 2.2 -10 5 The culms are more slender and delicate than A2 A5 B0 B1 B4 B5 B7 B8 B9 C0 C1 C3 C8 C9 13.7 5.6 -23 golden bamboo; young culms are green with a D0 D2 D5 D6 D7 D9 E1 E2 E6 E7 E8 E9 F1 F2 YELLOW GROOVE F4 F5 F6 G0 G1 G3 G6 G8 G9 H0 H1 H2 H3 H4 BAMBOO yellow groove. Culm internodes distinctly H5 H8 I0 I1 I2 I5 I7 I8 J0 J2 J4 J5 K6 K8 L1 L3 rough to the touch when young, and an L4 L6 L7 L8 M0 M1 M2 M3 M3 M3 M5 M6 N1 occasional culm has a zigzag kink. N2 P. aureosulcata 'Alata' 30.0 2.0 -10 5 Similar to the above, but with a green groove. B4 B5 B8 B9 C0 C1 C3 C8 D2 D9 E1 E7 E8 E9 9.1 5.1 -23 Culms are often markedly zigzag. Probably F4 F5 G1 G3 H3 H8 I1 I4 I7 J2 J4 K2 L6 L7 M2 N1 synonymous with P. aureosulcata 'Pekinensis'. P. aureosulcata 26.0 1.5 -10 5 Culms are entirely yellow except for a few A2 B0 B1 B4 B5 B8 B9 C0 C1 C3 C6 C8 D2 D5 7.9 3.8 -23 vertical green stripes. D7 D9 E1 E2 E6 E7 E8 F4 F5 G1 G3 G6 H0 H1 'Aureocaulis' H2 H3 I0 I1 I4 I6 J0 J2 J3 J4 K2 K6 K8 L0 L4 L6 L7 L8 M5 M6 N1 N2 P. aureosulcata 'Harbin' 26.0 1.5 -10 5 The culms are yellow with multiple green B1 B4 B5 B8 C3 C8 D2 E6 E7 E8 F4 G1 G3 G6 7.9 3.8 -23 grooves running the length of each internode; H3 H4 H8 H9 I0 I1 I4 J0 J2 J4 K8 L0 L1 L3 L4 L6 L7 N1 N2 rare. P. aureosulcata 'Harbin 26.0 1.5 -10 5 Yellow culms with fine green striping, no B1 B4 B5 C3 C8 D2 D5 D7 E2 E7 E8 F4 G3 H3 Inversa' 7.9 3.8 -23 grooves other than the sulcus. It has a beautiful H9 J0 J4 K8 L0 L6 L7 M5 N1 orange/crimson highlight for a while in the spring when grown in full sun. P. aureosulcata 30.0 2.0 -10 5 Has a green groove; probably synonymous with B4 E8 J4 L6 'Pekinensis' 9.1 5.1 -23 P. aureosulcata 'Alata'. P. aureosulcata 26.0 1.5 -10 5 The culms are yellow with a green groove, just A2 A3 A5 B1 B4 B5 B7 B8 B9 C0 C1 C3 C6 C8 7.9 3.8 -23 opposite of the typical form. Smaller in hottest C9 D0 D2 D5 D7 D9 E1 E2 E6 E7 E8 E9 F0 F4 'Spectabilis' F5 F6 G0 G1 G3 G6 H0 H1 H2 H3 H4 H8 H9 I0 GREEN GROOVE areas. I1 I2 I4 I5 I6 I7 I8 J2 J3 J4 J5 J7 K2 K4 K6 K8 L0 L1 L4 L6 L7 L8 L9 M2 M5 N1 N2 P. aurita 20.0 1.0 Strong culms with hairy shoots. B4 E8 J4 2.1 2.5

P. bambusoides 72.0 6.0 5 5 The most utilized bamboo in Japan where it is A2 A3 A5 B1 B4 B5 B8 B9 C1 C3 C5 C6 C8 C9 21.9 15.2 -15 valued for its large straight thick -walled culms. D0 D2 D5 D6 D7 D9 E0 E1 E7 E8 F2 F4 F6 G0 GIANT JAPANESE G1 G3 G5 G9 H0 H1 H2 H3 H4 I0 I2 I4 I6 I8 J2 TIMBER, MADAKE Flowered extensively in the 1970's and many J4 J7 K2 K6 L0 L3 L4 L6 L7 L8 M2 M5 M6 N1 plants died. Most plants have regained their N2 vegetative vigor. P. bambusoides 25.0 1.8 5 5 Apricot fading to white leaf variegation is B4 B8 C8 D2 D7 E8 G1 H3 K2 L0 L4 L6 N1 'Albovariegata' 7.6 4.5 -15 startling in the spring, but it fades by the end of the year. Culms green. P. ba mbusoides 'Allgold' 35.0 2.0 5 5 The culms are entirely golden yellow except for A5 B1 B4 B5 B7 B8 B9 C0 C1 C3 C6 C8 C9 D2 10.7 5.1 -15 an occasional thin green stripe. D5 D7 E1 E7 E8 F0 F3 F4 G0 G1 G8 H0 H1 H2 H3 H4 I0 I2 I4 I6 I8 J2 J3 J4 J5 J7 K2 K6 L0 L1 L4 L6 L7 L9 M5 N1 N2 P. bambusoides 35.0 2.0 0 5 Golden yellow culms with green grooves and A2 A5 B1 B4 B5 B7 B8 B9 C0 C1 C3 C5 C6 C8 10.7 5.1 -18 stripes. An occasional leaf is striped in cream. It C9 D0 D2 D5 D7 E0 E1 E7 E8 F0 F1 F4 F6 G0 'Castillon' G1 G8 H0 H1 H2 H3 H4 I0 I2 I4 I6 I8 J2 J4 J5 J7 died due to flowering, and a new clone with K2 K4 K6 L0 L1 L3 L4 L6 L7 M2 M3 M3 M3 less leaf variegation, sometimes called M5 N1 N2 'McClure's Castillon', has been introduced. P. bambusoides 35.0 2.0 5 5 This is the complement of the above; culms are A5 B4 B5 B9 C0 C1 C3 C8 C9 D2 E1 E8 F0 F4 10.7 5.1 -15 green with yellow grooves. G1 H1 H3 I0 J3 J7 K2 L0 L6 L7 L8 M2 M3 M3 'Castillon Inversa' M3 N1 N2 P. bambusoides 'Golden 12.0 1.0 5 5 Shrublike with golden leaves and culms. L7 N1 Dwarf' 3.7 2.5 -15 American Bamboo Society 24 2009 Source List #29

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Phyllostachys P. bambusoides 'Job's 50.0 4.0 5 5 Culm sheaths with upper -central burgundy D2 L7 Spots' 15.2 10.2 -15 spots. P. bambusoides 20.0 2.0 5 5 Culms and fo liage leaves have yellow stripes. B4 B5 D2 E1 G1 L0 L6 L7 N1 'Kawadana' 6.1 5.1 -15 P. bambusoides 'Marliac' 25.0 1.5 5 5 A form with wrinkled culms due to numerous B4 B5 B9 C0 C3 C5 C8 D0 D2 D9 E1 E8 F4 G1 7.6 3.8 -15 longitudinal grooves running the length of each H3 I8 J2 K2 L6 L7 N1 internode on all sides of the culm. A rare ornamental. P. bambusoides 'Ribleaf' 50.0 4.0 5 5 Leaves short, wide and ribbed along the parallel L7 N1 15.2 10.2 -15 venation. P. bambusoides 'Richard 35.0 2.0 5 5 Sport from base of 'Castillonis' with dramatic B4 C3 D2 D7 E1 H1 K2 K6 L0 L6 L7 Haubrich' 10.7 5.1 -15 green stripes on white leaves, slow grower. Bamboo 23: 7. 2002 P. bambusoides 'Slender 48.0 3.0 0 5 Smaller than regular P. bambusoides with A3 B4 B5 C0 C3 C6 C8 D2 E1 E8 F1 G0 H4 I0 Crookstem' 14.6 7.6 -18 culms that often show a marked zigzag of lower I8 J2 J4 L4 L6 internodes. P. bambusoides 48.0 3.0 5 5 The leaves have light green stripes on a dark B4 C8 D2 L6 N1 'Subvariegata' 14.6 7.6 -15 green background. P. bambusoides Culms marked with elliptical purplish -brown A5 B4 B5 B8 C0 C8 D2 E1 G0 G5 I0 I8 L4 L6 'Tanakae' spots. N2 P. bambusoides 'White 48.0 3.0 0 5 The older culms are covered with white B1 C0 C8 D2 F4 G0 G8 I0 I6 I8 J2 J4 L6 Crookstem' 14.6 7.6 -18 powder. P. bissetii 40.0 2.0 -15 5 A vigorously growing species whose culms are A2 A3 B4 B5 B7 B8 B9 C1 C3 C5 C6 C8 D0 D2 12.2 5.1 -26 somewhat darker green than "golden bamboo." D5 D7 D9 E1 E2 E7 E8 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 G0 G1 G3 G6 G8 G9 H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H8 I0 I1 I2 I4 I5 It is one of the first species of the genus to I6 I7 I8 J0 J2 J4 J7 K2 K6 K8 L4 L6 L7 L8 M0 shoot in spring. M2 M5 M6 N1 N2 P. bissetii 'Dwarf' 18.0 1.0 -16 5 Differs by being smaller, and having whitish A8 B4 B5 C3 C8 D0 D2 E2 E6 E8 G3 G6 H1 H4 5.5 2.5 -27 patches on the culms; hardier, perhaps. I0 I1 I4 I8 J0 J2 J4 K2 K8 L6 L8 P. dulcis 40.0 2.8 0 5 Arching culms. Named because its shoots are B1 B4 B5 B7 B8 B9 C0 C1 C3 C6 C8 C9 D0 D2 12.2 7.1 -18 particularly free of any acrid taste. D5 E2 E7 E8 F1 F2 F4 F5 F6 G0 G1 G3 G6 G8 SWEETSHOOT G9 H1 H3 H4 I0 I1 I6 I8 J2 J4 K2 K6 L4 L6 L7 BAMBOO L8 M1 M2 M3 M3 M3 M6 N1 N2 P. edulis 75.0 7.0 0 5 Largest of the hardy bamboos. Young culms are A2 A3 B1 B4 B5 B7 B8 B9 C0 C1 C3 C8 D2 D5 22.9 17.8 -18 covered with a velvety coat of soft hairs. The D7 E1 E2 E7 E8 F6 G0 G1 G3 H1 H2 H3 H4 I0 MOSO I4 I6 I8 J2 J3 J4 K2 K4 K6 L0 L1 L3 L4 L6 L7 most used bamboo in China, used for food, M3 M3 M3 M5 N1 N2 timber, paper, plywood, flooring. P. edulis 'Anderson' 75.0 7.0 -6 5 From the grove at Anderson, SC. Hardy to -6 B8 D2 D5 G0 G9 H0 H3 H4 I0 I8 J4 L4 L6 22.9 17.8 -21 F. P. edulis 'Bicolor' 75.0 7.0 0 5 Yellow culms with green su lcus. B8 D7 L0 22.9 17.8 -18

P. edulis 'Goldstripe' 75.0 7.0 0 5 A Moso seedling that shows gold striation. B4 B5 C8 D2 D5 H4 I0 L0 L6 L7 M5 N1 22.9 17.8 -18

P. edulis 'Heterocycla' This is the famous Tortoise Shell Bamboo, with B3 B4 B8 B9 G3 G8 H0 K8 L6 N1 nodes slanted alternately in opposite directions. In Japan it is called Kikkochiku. P. elegans 32.0 2.3 0 5 The species is highly regarded for its shoots. In B1 B4 B8 C8 E8 F6 G0 G8 I0 I6 I8 J4 L1 L4 L6 9.8 5.8 -18 spring it is one of the first species of the genus to shoot.

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Phyllostachys P. flexuosa 31.0 2.8 0 5 Named because some of the culms show a B4 B8 C1 C8 D0 D2 D7 E1 E8 F4 G0 G3 G6 H0 9.5 7.1 -18 distinct zigzag pattern. One form is hardy to -8 ¦ H4 I0 I8 J2 J4 K2 L6 L7 L8 M1 N2 F. P. flexuosa 'Kimmei' 31.0 2.8 0 5 Like the type, but striped with yellow. B4 D2 J4 L0 L6 L7 N1 9.5 7.1 -18

P. glauca 34.0 2.0 0 5 Named for blue -white powder that completely B1 B4 B5 B8 C1 C3 C8 C9 D0 D2 F4 G0 G6 G8 10.4 5.1 -18 covers young culms. In China, grows as large H1 H4 I0 I1 I4 I8 J2 J4 K2 L6 L7 M1 N2 as P. bambusoides. P. glauca 'Notso' 34.0 2.0 -5 5 Similar to the species, except young culms do C8 F5 J4 L6 10.4 5.1 -21 not have the blue glaucous color. May take lower temperatures. P. glauca 'Yunzhu' 34.0 2.0 0 5 Has purplish -black spots or ovals on the culms. B4 B5 B8 C1 C8 E7 E8 F5 G1 I0 I1 I6 K2 K8 L0 10.4 5.1 -18 L6 L7 M5 N1

P. heteroclada 33.0 1.5 -11 5 Larger, mor e erect, and less zigzag than P. h. A3 B1 B4 B8 B9 C1 C8 C9 D2 D5 D9 E1 E2 E8 WATER BAMBOO 10.1 3.8 -24 'Purpurata'. F5 G0 G3 H4 I4 J4 K2 K8 L1 L6 L8 N1 P. heteroclada 18.0 0.8 0 5 The slender, zigzag culms often bend to the B1 B4 C0 C1 C3 C8 C9 D0 D2 D9 E1 E2 E7 E9 'Purpurata' 5.5 2.0 -18 ground under the weight of rain or in a strong F5 G0 G8 H3 H4 I6 J2 J4 K6 K7 L6 L7 M5 N1 wind. Air channels in rhizomes permit growth in wet locations. P. heteroclada 24.0 1.3 -11 5 Similar to the above ex cept that culms are solid A8 B1 B4 B8 C1 C6 C8 D2 E8 E9 F2 F5 H4 I0 I8 'Solidstem' 7.3 3.3 -24 below. J2 J4 K2 L4 L6 N1 P. hispida 11.0 1.5 Short culms, with densely packed hairs like P. E8 J4 3.4 3.8 edulis (Moso). P. humilis 20.0 1.0 0 5 One of th e smallest members of the genus, it is B3 B5 B8 C0 C1 C3 C8 C9 D2 D9 E1 E7 E8 E9 6.1 2.5 -18 widely cultivated in Japan. Culms darken with F4 G1 G6 H3 I0 I4 I6 I8 J0 J2 J4 K2 L4 L6 L7 M3 M3 N2 age. P. iridescens 40.0 2.8 0 5 Some internodes near ba se have yellow B4 B5 B8 C1 C6 C8 D2 E1 E8 F4 H3 J2 J4 L4 12.2 7.1 -18 striping. Sweet shoots, used for timber. L6 N1 P. kwangsiensis 5 Resembles P. edulis (Moso) with hairy young B4 E8 culms. It is said to grow better in areas with cool summers. P. lithophila 5 Like P. makinoi but with paler shoots, smaller B4 B5 C8 E7 E8 J4 L0 L6 culm sheath blades and leaf sheaths with sparse or no oral setae. P. lofushanensis 15.0 1.0 Shorter than most Phyllostachys. Prominent E8 J4 4.6 2.5 nodes. P. makinoi 60.0 3.0 -5 5 Whitish green culms are covered with a bluish B3 B4 B7 B8 B9 C3 C8 C9 D0 D2 E8 F2 F4 F5 18.3 7.6 -21 powder. F6 G0 G1 G8 H3 H4 I0 I8 J2 J4 K2 L0 L6 L7 L8 N1 P. mannii 'Decora' 30.0 2.5 -11 5 From th e Yangtze valley and adjacent areas of A2 A8 B4 B5 B7 B8 B9 C1 C3 C8 C9 D0 D2 E2 9.1 6.4 -24 China. In China, it is called the Beautiful E6 E7 E8 E9 F4 F5 G0 G1 G3 G8 H1 H2 H4 I0 I8 J0 J2 J4 K2 K6 K8 L0 L6 L7 L8 M3 M3 M3 Bamboo. One of the best performers under M5 N1 N2 stress of desert heat, cold, and drought in Nevada. Now considered to be conspecific with P. mannii 'Mannii'. P. mannii 'Mannii' 25.0 2.0 0 5 First identified in northern India, but extends in B4 C3 C8 D2 E1 E8 H1 I0 J4 L6 MANNII 7.6 5.1 -18 range to southern China. Shoots in April; slightly astringent. Culms tough, durable, easy to split.

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Phyllostachys P. meyeri 33.0 2.0 0 5 Similar in appearance to P. aurea but without B1 B4 B5 B8 C3 C8 C9 D0 D2 E8 F4 F5 F6 G1 10.1 5.1 -18 the short internodes. G5 G8 H1 H4 I0 I2 J2 J4 L1 L6 L7 L8 M2 M3 M3 M3 N1 P. nidularia 33.0 1.5 0 5 Distinctive, very prominent culm nodes. The A2 B4 B5 B7 C1 C3 C8 C9 D2 E1 E7 E8 E9 F5 10.1 3.8 -18 shoots are exceptionally free of acrid taste. F6 G0 G1 G3 H1 H3 H4 I0 J4 K2 L6 L7 N1 P. nidularia 'Farcta' 33.0 1.5 0 5 The culms are solid or nearly so. B4 B8 C8 D2 E8 E9 G1 I6 I8 J2 J4 K2 L6 10.1 3.8 -18

P. nidularia 33.0 1.5 0 5 Same, except it lacks the shaggy hairs o n the B0 B4 C8 D2 E9 J4 L6 L8 'Smoothsheath' 10.1 3.8 -18 culm leaf sheaths and sheath scars found on the typical form. P. nigra 30.0 2.0 0 5 Culms turn jet black after the first 6 months to A1 A2 A3 A5 A8 B0 B1 B3 B4 B5 B7 B8 B9 C1 9.1 5.1 -18 one year. Popular because of its graceful habit C3 C5 C6 C8 C9 D0 D1 D2 D5 D6 D7 D9 E0 E1 BLACK BAMBOO E2 E4 E7 E8 F0 F1 F2 F4 F5 F6 G0 G1 G3 G5 and the sharp accent of its culm color. Said to G6 G8 G9 H0 H1 H2 H3 H4 H8 H9 I0 I1 I2 I4 I5 grow larger in northern climates. It is not clear I6 I8 J0 J2 J3 J4 J5 J7 K0 K2 K4 K6 K7 K8 L0 whether there is significant difference between L1 L3 L4 L6 L7 L8 M1 M2 M3 M3 M3 M5 M6 some of the clones P. nigra 'Bory' 50.0 3.0 -5 5 Differs from the abov e by growing larger. A2 B1 B4 B5 B7 B8 B9 C0 C1 C3 C5 C6 C8 C9 15.2 7.6 -21 Culms blotched with black, never completely D0 D2 D5 D7 D9 E1 E7 E8 E9 F0 F4 F5 G0 G1 SNAKESKIN, G3 G9 H2 H3 H4 I0 I1 I2 I4 I6 I8 J2 J4 J5 K2 K6 LEOPARD-SKIN black. K8 L0 L1 L3 L4 L6 L7 L8 M2 M3 M3 M3 N1 BAMBOO N2 P. nigra 'Daikokuchiku' 57.0 3.3 0 5 A clone from California, claimed to be larger A2 A5 B0 B1 B3 B4 B7 C0 C3 C8 C9 D2 D7 E0 17.4 8.4 -18 than the type, with culms supposedly turning E1 E7 F1 F4 F6 G0 H2 H4 I8 J3 J4 J5 L6 M3 M3 M3 N1 N2 black more rapidly than other clones. P. nigra 'Hale' 20.0 1.5 -5 4 Similar to the type, but smaller and hardier. B0 B1 B4 B9 C3 C8 D2 D7 E2 E6 E7 E8 F4 F5 6.1 3.8 -21 Culms turn black almost immediately. G3 G6 H4 H5 H9 I0 I8 J0 J4 K1 K6 L0 L6 L8 N1 P. nigra 'Henon' 65.0 4.5 -5 5 Culms totally green, usually much larger than A2 A3 A5 B1 B3 B4 B5 B8 B9 C0 C1 C3 C5 C6 19.8 11.4 -21 Black bamboo.Distinctive culms are rough to C8 C9 D0 D2 D5 D7 D9 E0 E1 E2 E7 E8 E9 F0 F1 F2 F4 F5 G0 G1 G3 G5 G6 G8 G9 H0 H1 H2 the touch and whitish green. H3 H4 H8 I0 I1 I4 I5 I6 I7 I8 J2 J3 J4 J5 K2 K6 L0 L3 L4 L6 L7 L8 M2 M3 M3 M3 M6 N1 N2 P. nigra 'Megurochiku' 54.0 3.5 0 5 Green, similar to 'Henon' but the culm grooves A5 B1 B4 B5 B8 B9 C0 C3 C6 C8 C9 D2 D5 D9 16.5 8.9 -18 are brown or purplish-black. E1 E7 E8 E9 F4 G1 G6 H2 H3 H4 I0 I1 I4 I8 J2 J4 K2 K8 L0 L1 L3 L4 L6 L7 M2 M5 M6 N1 N2 P. nigra 'Mejiro' 50.0 3.0 -5 5 Like 'Bory' but with paler sulcus B4 C8 D7 E8 15.2 7.6 -21

P. nigra 'Muchisasa ' 12.0 1.0 0 5 The culms turn brownish -black, not dense C8 J4 L6 L8 3.7 2.5 -18 purplish black. P. nigra 'Othello' 20.0 2.0 0 5 Culms very black, tightly packed together in B1 C3 D2 F4 J4 L6 N1 6.1 5.1 -18 clumps, turn early from green to black. P. nigra 'Punctata' 60.0 4.0 0 5 A large form. Culms are spotted in the first C3 C8 C9 E8 F4 H1 H3 I4 J2 J4 K2 L4 L6 L7 M2 18.3 10.2 -18 year, purplish in the second, and black the third. N1 P. nigra 'Shimadake' 54.0 3.5 -5 5 Similar to Henon but with occasional brown B4 B5 B8 C0 C8 C9 D2 D9 E7 E8 F4 G0 H1 J4 16.5 8.9 -21 vertical stripes on the culm after the first year. L0 L4 L6 L7 N1 P. nigra 'Tosaensis' 30.0 1.5 0 3 Like Bory but with 1 or 2 long brown spots per D2 F4 J4 L6 N1 9.1 3.8 -18 internode, leaves sometimes variegated. P. nuda 34.0 1.8 -20 5 Reputed to be the hardiest species of the genus. A2 B4 B5 B8 B9 C0 C1 C3 C8 C9 D0 D2 D5 D9 10.4 4.6 -29 New culms are dark green and powdery. Not E1 E2 E7 E8 E9 F1 F2 F4 F5 F6 G0 G1 G3 G6 G8 G9 H1 H3 H4 H8 H9 I0 I1 I6 I7 I8 J2 J4 J5 tolerant of winter winds. P. nuda is the true K2 K8 L4 L6 L7 L8 M1 M2 M3 M3 M3 M5 M6 "stone bamboo". N1 N2

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Phyllostachys P. nuda 'Localis' 34.0 1.8 -20 5 Similar, internodes near the base ar e blotched, B5 C8 D5 E2 E7 E8 F5 G3 H8 I1 J2 J4 L6 L7 N1 10.4 4.6 -29 spotted, or striped purple. Blotches show at 6 - 12 months. P. parvifolia 40.0 4.0 -5 5 Small leaves make this a shining star. Culms B4 C8 J4 L0 12.2 10.2 -21 have powdered rings under nodes, like P. nuda. From a distance resembles P. nigra 'Henon', but the culms are comparatively thicker P. platyglossa 26.0 1.5 0 5 Mature culms have long internodes. Grown for B4 B5 C1 C3 C8 D2 D5 E1 E7 E8 I0 J2 J4 K2 L1 7.9 3.8 -18 its shoots in China. Timber inferior. L6 L7 N2 P. praecox 33.0 2.0 5 5 Young culms dark green, purplish nodes. B4 B8 B9 C3 C8 D2 E8 F4 H1 J4 K2 K6 L6 10.1 5.1 -15 Grown for its shoots in China. P. praecox 'Prevernalis' 33.0 2.0 5 5 The middle of internodes are smaller in B4 C8 E0 G0 I8 J4 L0 L6 10.1 5.1 -15 diameter than the ends. P. praecox 'Viridisulcata' 33.0 2.0 5 5 Yellow culm with green sulcus and few green B4 C8 D7 E8 J4 L0 L6 N1 10.1 5.1 -15 stripes, shoots yellowish, some leaves have yellow stripes. P. propinqua 30.0 2.0 0 5 Reintroduced to U.S. from China via Germany. C0 C8 D2 E1 G0 I0 J4 K2 L0 L6 9.1 5.1 -18 Hardier than most others of the genus. P. propinqua 'Beijing' -15 Shoots are gray, leaves larger. Repor ted to take B4 C8 D2 E6 E8 F5 J4 L6 N1 -26 temperatures down to -15F, grows faster than the type. P. robustiramea 30.0 2.5 10 5 Small bamboo, usually only 10 feet tall and 1 C8 J4 L6 9.1 6.4 -12 inch thick. P. rubromarginata 60.0 3.0 -5 5 Noted for its good quality wood and edible A2 A3 B1 B4 B7 B8 B9 C0 C1 C3 C8 C9 D0 D2 18.3 7.6 -21 shoots, it tolerates cold, dry winds. Tests in D5 D6 D9 E0 E1 E2 E6 E7 E8 E9 F1 F2 F4 F5 G0 G1 G3 G5 G6 G8 G9 H0 H1 H3 H4 H5 I0 I1 Alabama showed it to be superior in culm I2 I6 I7 I8 J0 J2 J4 J5 J7 K2 K6 K8 L1 L3 L4 L6 production and cold tolerance. L7 L8 M0 M1 M2 M3 M3 M3 M5 M6 N1 P. stimulosa 25.0 1.5 -5 5 Prominent nodes. Native to Zhejiang Province, B4 B5 B9 C1 C8 E8 G1 G3 I0 J2 J4 K2 L0 L6 L8 7.6 3.8 -21 China. P. violascens 20.0 2.0 0 5 Culms blackish -violet at first, sometimes B4 B5 B8 B9 C0 C1 C3 C8 D0 D2 D5 E1 E7 E8 6.1 5.1 -18 striped with violet. Sheaths deep purple. F4 G1 H3 H4 I1 I4 I6 J2 J4 J7 L0 L1 L4 L6 L7 M3 M3 M3 M5 N1 N2 P. viridiglaucescens 35.0 2.0 -11 5 The culms grow very straight and the wood is B8 C8 D2 F5 H3 H4 J2 J4 L4 L6 L7 L8 N1 10.7 5.1 -24 of excellent quality. P. viridis 47.0 3.3 -5 5 A large species, high quality wood, excellent A8 B1 B7 C0 C8 C9 D0 D2 E8 F4 F5 G0 G1 G8 14.3 8.4 -21 shoots. Culms feel somewhat rough due to tiny G9 H3 H4 I0 J4 L6 N1 indentations. P. viridis 'Houzeau' 45.0 3.0 -5 5 Differs by having culms that are green with a B1 B7 B8 B9 C0 C3 C5 C8 C9 D2 E1 E7 F4 F5 13.7 7.6 -21 yellow groove. G0 G1 G8 H1 H3 H4 I0 I8 J2 J4 L6 L7 N1 N2 P. viridis 'Robert Young' 40.0 3.0 -5 5 The culms and branches soon turn from sulfur A2 A3 A5 A8 B1 B4 B7 B8 B9 C0 C1 C3 C5 C6 12.2 7.6 -21 green to old gold. Longitudinal green stripes of C8 C9 D0 D2 D5 E0 E1 E7 E8 F0 F1 F2 F4 F5 F6 G0 G1 G6 G8 G9 H0 H1 H2 H4 I0 I2 I4 I8 J2 variable width mark many internodes. J4 K2 K4 L0 L3 L4 L6 L7 M2 M3 M3 M3 M5 N1 N2 P. vivax 70.0 5.0 -5 5 Resembles P. bambusoides except that the A2 A3 A5 B1 B4 B5 B8 B9 C0 C1 C2 C3 C5 C6 21.3 12.7 -21 culms have thinner walls and a white powdery C8 C9 D0 D2 D5 D6 D7 D9 E0 E1 E2 E7 E8 F0 VIVAX F1 F3 F4 F5 G0 G1 G3 G5 G6 G8 G9 H0 H1 H2 band beneath each node at sheath -fall. Gray- H3 H4 I0 I1 I4 I6 I8 J2 J4 J7 K2 K6 K8 L0 L4 L6 green when mature. L7 M2 M5 M6 N1 N2

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Phyllostachys P. vivax 'Aureocaulis' 70.0 5.0 -5 5 The culms turn yellow with a few narrow green A2 A3 A5 B1 B3 B4 B5 B7 B8 B9 C0 C1 C3 C6 21.3 12.7 -21 stripes. C8 C9 D0 D2 D5 D7 E1 E2 E7 E8 F0 F1 F4 F5 F6 G0 G1 G3 G6 H0 H1 H2 H3 H4 I0 I1 I4 I6 I8 J2 J4 J5 K2 K4 K6 K8 L0 L4 L6 L7 M5 M6 N1 N2 P. vivax 'Black Spot' 70.0 5.0 -5 5 The culms have black spots. B4 D2 E8 H3 21.3 12.7 -21

P. vivax 'Huangwenzhu' 70.0 5.0 -9 5 Internodes green with yellow groove. From B1 B4 B7 B8 C3 C8 D2 D7 E0 E1 E8 F5 G0 G3 21.3 12.7 -23 Henon. More frost resistant than the type. H3 I0 I1 J4 L0 L6 N1 P. vivax 'Huangwenzhu 70.0 5.0 -9 5 The internodes are yellow with a green groove B4 C3 C8 D2 D7 J5 K6 L0 N1 Inversa' 21.3 12.7 -23

PLEIOBLASTUS Genus of small and medium size running bamboos with persistent culm sheaths. Most are native to Japan, were formerly classified in Arundinaria. P. akebono 2.0 0.3 10 3 The small leaves, no more than 3 inches long B0 B4 B9 C3 D2 E8 G1 I4 J4 J7 L0 L6 L7 M3 0.6 0.8 -12 by 1/2 inch wide, are often green shading to M3 M3 white to the tips. P. amarus 16.0 0.8 0 3 Young culms are heavily pruinose; used for B8 C8 J4 L7 4.9 2.0 -18 umbrellas in China. P. argenteostriatus 3.0 0.3 10 2 The green leaves, which are more or less striped B4 C1 C3 C8 D0 D2 D5 D9 E1 E7 E8 E9 F1 G1 0.9 0.8 -12 with white or yellow, are hairless on both G3 G5 G6 H1 H4 I1 I6 J4 J7 K2 L1 L7 L8 M3 M3 M3 surfaces. P. chino 10.0 0.8 5 3-5 A medium size bamboo native to Japan. B4 B8 C0 C1 C8 D2 D9 E1 E2 E8 G1 G2 G8 H3 3.1 2.0 -15 I7 J4 L4 N1

P. chino 'Angustifolia' 10.0 0.8 10 3 Distinguished by very narrow leaves, 1/4" x 5". C3 C8 D2 G1 J4 3.1 2.0 -12

P. chino 'Elegantissimus' 10.0 0.8 10 3 Leaf blades narrow and frequently white stripes B4 C8 D2 E2 E9 H3 I8 J4 3.1 2.0 -12 mottled with green dots. May be same as angustifolia. P. chino 'Kimmei' 10.0 0.8 10 3 Leaves and culms have yellow str ipes. B4 C1 C3 C8 C9 D2 E1 E8 J4 K2 L6 L7 N2 3.1 2.0 -12

P. chino 10.0 0.8 10 3 Leaves are highly variegated with white stripes; B1 B4 B5 B9 C3 C8 D2 E2 E7 E8 G0 G2 I0 I8 J4 'Murakamianus' 3.1 2.0 -12 some are totally white. On average 25% of the L0 L1 L4 L7 L8 M3 M3 M3 N1 N2 leaf is green. P. chino 'Vaginatus 6.0 0.5 10 3 Differs from the type by its smaller, narrower, B1 B4 B5 B9 C1 C3 C8 D2 E0 E1 E2 E7 E8 G0 Variegatus' 1.8 1.3 -12 white striped leaves, which are hairless on both G1 G6 H4 H8 I0 I1 I4 I7 I8 J2 J4 L1 L7 L8 N2 surfaces. The rhizomes run deep in the ground. P. distichus 2.0 0.2 -5 3 Branchlets bear tiny, two ranked leaves which B4 B9 C0 C1 C3 C8 D0 D2 E0 E1 E7 E8 G1 G2 0.6 0.5 -21 are often only 1 inch long by 1/4 inch wide. A G3 G6 H1 H3 H4 H8 I2 I6 I8 J3 J4 J7 K2 K6 K8 DWARF FERN LEAF L0 L4 L7 M2 M3 M3 M3 good ground cover or container plant. P. distichus 'Mini' 1.0 0.2 -5 3 Like the above, but only 8 -12" high. B1 B4 B8 C3 C8 D0 D2 D7 E8 F1 G0 G3 G6 G8 0.3 0.5 -21 H1 H3 H4 H9 I1 I8 J4 K8 L1 L4 L7 L8

P. fortunei 4.0 0.2 10 2 Dwarf variegated bamboo. Leaves keep their A5 B1 B4 B7 B9 C0 C1 C2 C3 C8 D2 D5 E1 E2 1.2 0.5 -12 white stripes through the year, softly hairy on E7 E8 G1 G2 G3 G5 G6 H1 H2 H3 H4 H8 H9 I0 DWARF WHITESTRIPE I1 I4 I6 I7 I8 J4 J5 K8 L0 L1 L4 L6 L7 L8 M0 the lower surface. Aka P. variegatus. M1 M2 M3 M3 M5 N2 P. gauntlettii 3.0 0.3 0 3 The slender, dwarf culms stand stiffly erect. C8 J4 0.9 0.8 -18 Leaves about 7 inches long by 3/4 inch wide.

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Pleioblastus P. gramineus 12.0 0.5 5 4 The long rather narrow leaves are grass -like in B4 B8 B9 C0 C1 C3 C8 C9 D2 E1 E7 E8 G0 G1 3.7 1.3 -15 appearance. G3 H3 H4 I7 J4 L4 L7 L8 N2 P. gramineus 12.0 4.0 5 3 Tillering culms are distorted with spiraling B1 C8 D2 E8 I8 'Monstrispiralis' 3.7 10.2 -15 internodes, single ones normal. P. hindsii 15.0 1.0 0 4 Similar to P. gramineus, but with wider, more B4 B7 B8 C0 C3 C8 D2 D7 E1 E7 E8 G1 G8 H3 4.6 2.5 -18 erect leaves. J4 L1 L7 N1 N2 P. humilis 7.0 0.3 0 3 An attractive dwarf with dark green leaves. An B9 C0 C1 C3 C8 D2 D9 E1 E2 E7 G1 G3 G6 H4 2.1 0.8 -18 aggressive runner good for erosion control. I0 I4 I6 J4 L1 L6 L7 L8 M2 P. humilis 'Variegatus' 4.0 0.1 0 3 An attractive dwarf with dark green leaves. C8 D2 E8 G8 J4 L4 1.2 0.3 -18 Striped. P. juxianensis 22.0 1.3 -5 5 From Zhejiang, China. Culms used for making C8 E8 E9 J4 L4 JUXIAN BITTER B. 6.7 3.2 -21 umbrella stalk. White ring below nodes. P. kongosanensis 6.0 0.4 0 4 Dark green leaves. B7 C3 C8 H4 J4 J7 K2 1.8 1.0 -18

P. kongosanensis 6.0 0.4 0 4 The culms are densely hairy except for the J4 'Akibensis' 1.8 1.0 -18 nodes which have only a few hairs. P. kongosanensis 6.0 0.4 0 4 The dark green leaves have an occasional B4 B9 C8 E8 G0 I0 I1 J2 J4 L1 L7 L8 N2 'Aureostriatus' 1.8 1.0 -18 golden stripe and are covered with soft hairs on their lower surface. P. linearis 14.0 1.0 10 5 A native of Taiwan, a vigorous runner w ith B4 B7 B8 C0 C1 C3 C8 D2 E1 E7 E8 G1 G8 H3 4.3 2.5 -12 long, narrow, grass-like leaves. H4 I0 I6 I8 J4 K2 L7 N2 P. linearis 'Nana' 4.0 0.5 10 5 Shorter, with narrower leaves. C3 C8 D2 G1 1.2 1.3 -12

P. nagashima 7.0 0.3 -5 3-5 A dwarf Ja panese bamboo, usually grows no C8 E9 J4 2.1 0.8 -21 more than 2 feet tall. P. oleosus 16.0 1.3 -5 5 Similar to Brachystachyum densiflorum var. C8 E9 G8 I0 J4 4.9 3.3 -21 villosum but with culm leaf sheath margins greenish ciliate. P. pygma eus 2.0 0.1 8 3 Similar to P. distichus except that the leaves are B1 B4 B8 B9 C1 C3 C6 C8 D2 D5 D9 E7 E8 F6 0.6 0.3 -13 hairy below. Other small bamboos are often G0 G2 G3 G6 G8 H1 H4 H5 I0 I1 I2 I4 I7 I8 J4 J5 J7 K2 K4 K6 L3 L4 L7 M1 M2 sold under this name. P. pygmaeus 6.0 0.1 0 3 Similar to P. distichus and P. pygmaeus but B1 C8 E7 E8 G0 I0 I7 I8 J4 L4 'Ramosissimus' 1.8 0.3 -18 taller and hardier. P. shibuyanus 'Tsuboi' 9.0 0.3 -5 3 A vigorous growing dwarf with rather small, B4 B5 B8 B9 C1 C3 C8 D0 D2 D5 E1 E2 E7 E8 2.7 0.8 -21 white striped leaves. G1 H1 H3 H4 H8 I0 I1 I2 I4 I6 I7 I8 J2 J4 J5 J7 UEDA-ZASA K4 L0 L1 L4 L7 L8 M2 M5 N2 P. simonii 20.0 1.5 0 4 A medium size hardy bamboo that produces B0 B4 B8 B9 C0 C1 C8 C9 D0 D2 D5 E1 E2 E8 6.1 3.8 -18 straight culms which are useful for many E9 F6 G1 G2 G3 G5 G7 G9 H3 H4 I0 I7 I8 J4 L4 MEDAKE L7 M1 M3 M3 N1 purposes. P. simonii 'Variegatus' 20.0 1.5 0 4 Has some leaves variegated. Leaves on a culm B4 B7 B8 C0 C3 C8 D2 E8 E9 F2 G0 G1 H1 H3 6.1 3.8 -18 may be different typesù broad, narrow, green, H4 H8 I0 I4 I8 J2 J4 L0 L4 L8 M3 M3 M3 N1 or white striped. P. sp. 'Greenstripe' 1.5 D2 J4 0.5

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Pleioblastus P. viridistriatus 3.0 0.3 0 2 The new leaves in spring are golden -yellow A5 B1 B4 B7 B8 B9 C0 C3 C8 D0 D2 D5 E1 E2 0.9 0.8 -18 with green stripes, about 7 by 1.5 inch, densely E7 E8 E9 F2 G0 G1 G3 G5 G6 H1 H4 H8 H9 I0 DWARF GREEN I1 I2 I4 I6 I7 I8 J4 J5 K4 K8 L0 L1 L3 L4 L6 L7 STRIPE hairy on the lower surface. Old culms should be L8 M1 M2 M3 M3 M3 M6 N1 N2 mowed in winter making way for brilliant new growth in spring. P. viridistriatus 3.0 0.3 0 2 Same, except that the leaves are yellow with B4 B8 B9 C1 C3 C8 D2 E2 E7 E8 G1 G3 H1 H4 0.9 0.8 -18 only very faint green stripes. H8 I0 I1 I2 I7 I8 J4 J7 K8 L0 L1 L4 L7 M3 M3 'Chrysophyllus' M3 N1 P. xestrophyllus 6.0 0.4 0 Up to 6 ft tall, 3/8" thick, furry culms. Grows J4 L1 1.8 1.0 -18 wild in Honshu; leaves green. May be a form of P. nagashima.

PSEUDOSASA Small to medium size running bamboos which usually have only one branch at a node. P. amabilis 50.0 2.5 15 5 The culms are straight, thick walled, non - B1 B4 B8 B9 C3 C8 D2 E7 E8 E9 F6 G0 G1 G9 TONKIN CANE, TEA 15.2 6.4 -9 prominent nodes, valued for its wood. Used for H4 I0 I8 J4 K2 L4 L7 N1 N2 STICK split bamboo fishing poles, decorative wood trim. Native to a very small area of China. P. cantori 16.0 1.3 0 3 New from China. Even joints with black waxy B4 C8 E7 E8 G1 I0 J4 L7 N2 4.9 3.3 -18 ring above and below nodes. Used for furniture. P. guanxianensis 11.0 0.5 New introduction from China. C8 J4 3.4 1.5

P. japonica 18.0 0.8 0 3-5 Erect culms with large broad leaves, up to a A3 A5 B0 B1 B3 B4 B6 B7 B8 B9 C0 C1 C2 C3 5.5 2.0 -18 foot long by 1.5 inches wide. Less invasive C8 C9 D0 D2 D5 D6 D7 D9 E0 E1 E2 E7 E8 E9 ARROW BAMBOO F1 F3 F5 F6 G0 G1 G2 G3 G5 G6 G8 H1 H3 H4 (YADAKE) than most other runners. It does well in tubs and H5 H8 H9 I0 I1 I2 I4 I6 I7 I8 J4 J5 J6 J7 K1 K2 pots. The culms were used in ancient Japan to K3 K6 K8 L0 L1 L3 L4 L6 L7 L8 M1 M2 M3 make arrows. M3 M3 M5 N1 N2 P. japonica 'Akebono' 18.0 0.8 0 3 Leaves are green at the base, shade to yellow - B4 C3 C8 D2 E1 E8 F4 G0 G1 J2 J4 L1 L6 L7 5.5 2.0 -18 white at the tips. P. japonica 'Akebono - 18.0 0.8 0 3 Leaves similar to 'Akebono' except that green B4 B9 C3 C8 D2 E0 E7 E8 G1 I1 L0 N1 suji' 5.5 2.0 -18 stripes also run from base to tip of the leaves. P. japonica 18.0 0.8 0 3 Differs only in having three branches at the B4 C3 C8 D2 G3 H1 H3 I0 J4 'Pleioblastoides' 5.5 2.0 -18 node instead of just one. P. japonica 18.0 0.8 0 3 Similar to the type except that the culm A3 B1 B3 B4 B8 B9 C0 C1 C3 C5 C8 C9 D0 D2 5.5 2.0 -18 internodes tend to be swollen, in shape D5 E0 E2 E7 E8 E9 F1 F4 F6 G0 G1 G3 G6 G8 'Tsutsumiana' H3 H4 H5 I0 I1 I2 I4 I8 J4 J7 K2 L1 L3 L4 L6 L7 GREEN ONION somewhat like a green onion. L8 M3 M3 M3 N1 N2 BAMBOO P. japonica 'Variegata' 18.0 0.8 0 3 Similar to the type, but with white stripes on the A5 B4 C3 C8 D2 E2 E8 H0 H3 I8 J4 K2 N1 5.5 2.0 -18 leaves. P. longiligula 26.0 1.7 0 3 Thick tall culms with even nodes, used in China B4 C8 E8 G1 J4 L7 N1 7.9 4.3 -18 for furniture making. P. owatarii 3.0 0.3 0 3 Endemic to Yakushima, a small island in Japan. B4 B9 C8 D2 E2 E7 E8 G1 I1 J4 L1 L7 N2 0.9 0.8 -18 Form 'pygmaea' is only a few inches tall. P. usawai 16.0 0.8 10 3 From Taiwan where it grows at elevations up to B4 C3 D2 E8 G1 J4 L1 L7 M3 4.9 2.0 -12 about 4,000 feet. P. viridula 18.0 0.8 0 3 Long wide green leaves. C8 E7 E8 G1 I4 I6 J4 L7 5.5 2.0 -18

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RADDIA Small herbaceous clump -forming bamboos. Leaves numerous, often in crowded ladder -like comple ments. Exhibit sleep movements, leaves fold upwards at night or under moisture or temperature stress. R. brasiliensis 2.0 3 Flowers frequently, although spikelets 0.6 inconspicuous. Needs constant water, good drainage, and chelated iron. R. distichophylla 1.0 Fern -like leaves, up to 20 pairs of leaves. 0.3 Thrives in cultivation. Small (no height spec available).

RHIPIDOCLADUM A genus of American clumping bamboos which grow from Mexico to Argentina, at low to moderate elevat ions. R. pittieri 30.0 0.4 They arch and droop forming graceful curtains D2 9.1 1.0 of foliage over canyon walls, on wet cliffs in Costa Rica. R. racemiflorum 15.0 1.0 26 Slender climbing culms; tips hang down as long E0 L0 L7 4.6 2.5 vines carrying tufts of small light green leaves.

SAROCALAMUS A genus of small to medium -sized running Sino -Himalayan mountain bamboos with few , erect branches. S. faberi 3.0 0.3 -4 From Sichuan. Superficially similar to B4 0.9 0.8 -20 Arundinaria tecta but with more delicate leaves. S. fangianus 5.0 0.4 3 3 Very similar to S. faberi and may be B4 C3 D2 E8 1.5 1.0 -16 synonymous.

SASA Running species, dwarf or up to 6 feet tall, with at most one branch per node. The leaves are usua lly large. S. cernua 2.5 New Introduction. B4 E8 J4 0.8

S. hayatae 1.0 0.3 0 2 Shorter, with leaves to 6 ins long rather than 10 B4 C3 D2 E8 G1 H9 I0 I1 L4 L7 0.3 0.8 -18 ins. Was incorrectly identified as S. veitchii ‘Minor’ S. kaga miana 6.0 0.3 0 2 Leaves to a foot long and 21/4 inches wide, 4 C8 J4 1.8 0.8 -18 to 9 at branch ends. S. kagamiana ssp. 2.0 0.1 0 2 Dwarf subspecies of the above; leaves 2 or 3 at yoshinoi 0.6 0.3 -18 the ends of culms and branches. S. k urilensis 10.0 0.8 0 2 One of the most widely distributed bamboos in B4 B9 C3 C8 D2 E1 E6 E8 G1 G6 H3 I0 I1 J2 J4 3.1 2.0 -18 Japan. Its native range extends to 50¦ north on L1 L8 M3 M3 M3 Sakhalin Island, Russia. S. kurilensis 'Simofuri' 6.0 0.5 0 2 Same, except that the leaves are variegated with A5 B4 B9 C1 C3 C8 D2 E1 E7 E8 G1 G3 G8 H3 SIMOFURI 1.8 1.3 -18 many fine white stripes. A very attractive H4 I0 I4 J2 J4 L0 L7 M5 N1 N2 ornamental. S. megalophylla 6.0 0.3 0 2 Leaves up to 10" lon g. Native to most of Japan, A5 C8 D2 E8 J4 M3 M3 M3 1.8 0.8 -18 Sakhalin, and the Kuriles. S. nagimontana 2.0 0.2 -11 2 Large dark green leaves. From Mt. Nagi in A5 C3 C8 D2 G1 J4 L1 L7 0.6 0.5 -24 Japan. Hairy culm sheaths. S. nipponica ( hort.) 2.0 0.1 2 Nodes prominent; large leaves. From Pacific B4 D2 I1 I8 J4 0.6 0.3 coast of Japan. Low-growing; variegated green/white. S. oshidensis 6.0 0.3 0 3 A vigorous growing dwarf bamboo that B4 C8 D2 I1 J0 J4 L8 1.8 0.8 -18 tolerates both cold and heat. American Bamboo Society 32 2009 Source List #29

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Sasa S. palmata 7.0 0.5 -5 2 The thick, leathery leaves are up to 15 inches A2 A3 B0 B1 B3 B4 B8 B9 C0 C1 C3 C6 C8 C9 2.1 1.3 -21 long by 21/2 inches wide. It does well in pots, D2 D9 E1 E7 E8 F2 F6 G0 G1 G2 G3 G6 G8 H1 H3 H4 H8 I0 I1 I5 I7 I8 J2 J4 J5 J7 L0 L1 L4 L6 looks best when grown in the shade. Grows L7 L8 L9 M1 M2 M3 M3 M5 M6 N2 taller in cool climates. S. senanensis 7.0 0.5 -5 2 Similar to S. palmata, but leaves hairy below. B4 C8 E2 E8 G2 G6 H8 I0 I7 J2 J4 L6 L8 2.1 1.3 -21

S. shimidzuana 6.0 0.3 0 2 Leaves up to 11 inches long and 2 inches wide, C8 E8 I1 J4 1.8 0.8 -18 the underside covered with soft hairs. AKA S. asahinae S. sp. Many retailers carry an assortment of 'little B4 F5 H9 J4 green runners' of uncertain identification. S. tsuboiana 6.0 0.3 0 2 A Japanese bamboo with large, dark green, A5 B4 B9 C1 C3 C8 D0 D2 D5 E1 E8 G1 G3 G6 1.8 0.8 -18 attractive leaves. H1 I0 I1 J4 K8 L1 L4 L7 L8 N2 S. veitchii 5.0 0.3 0 2 In winter dark green leaves have very broad A5 B4 B8 B9 C0 C3 C8 D0 D2 D9 E1 E2 E7 E8 1.5 0.8 -18 white margins. This, along with large leaves on F1 G0 G1 G2 G3 G5 G6 G9 H1 H3 H4 H8 I0 I1 KUMA-ZASA I4 I7 I8 J2 J4 K2 K6 K8 L0 L1 L4 L6 L7 L8 M1 short plants gives a unique, striking appearance. N2

SASAELLA Similar to Sasa except that culms are more erect, leaves are smaller and the oral setae have bristles only near the base. S. bitchuensis 6.0 0.4 0 2 Native to the eastern side of Honshu, Japan; it B8 C0 C8 I0 J4 L1 1.8 1.0 -18 has densely hairy culm leaf sheaths. S. hidaensis 'muraii' 6.0 0.3 0 3 Japanese bamboo with hairy sheaths on culm B4 C3 C8 E8 J4 L1 L7 1.8 0.8 -18 and foliage leaves. S. masamuneana 6.0 0.3 0 3 Typical form with plain green leaves. Also B1 B9 C1 C8 D2 E1 E8 G1 G2 G6 G8 I0 I2 J4 L4 1.8 0.8 -18 called S. rhyncantha or S. m. rhyncantha L7 S. masamuneana 6.0 0.3 0 3 An attractive variegated bamboo with thick B4 B7 B8 B9 C0 C1 C3 C8 C9 D2 D5 D7 D9 E1 1.8 0.8 -18 leaves striped in w hite or cream. Also called S. E2 E7 E8 G0 G1 G2 G3 G6 G8 H1 H3 H4 H8 H9 'Albostriata' I0 I1 I4 I7 I8 J2 J4 J7 K8 L0 L1 L4 L7 L8 M2 M3 FUIRI-SHIIYAZASA glabra 'Albostriata'. M3 M3 M5 N1 N2 S. masamuneana 6.0 0.3 0 3 It starts out with totally green leaves and over C8 E8 J4 N1 N2 'Aureostriata' 1.8 0.6 -18 the course of the summer it begins to develop intense golden stripes S. ramosa 6.0 0.3 -5 4 Usually only about 3 feet tall, it is a rampant B4 B9 C1 C3 C8 D2 D5 D7 E7 E8 G1 G3 G6 I0 1.8 0.8 -21 runner suitable for growing in pots or for I1 I8 J4 J5 K6 M2 erosion control. S. sasakiana 10.0 0.4 0 4 A robust Sasaella with 3 branches at each node. J4 3.1 1.0 -18

S. shiobarensis 6.0 0.3 0 3 Japanese bamboo w ith hairless culm leaf J4 1.8 0.8 -18 sheaths.

SASAMORPHA A genus of large -leafed running bamboos similar to Sasa. S. borealis 6.0 0.3 -10 2 Native to Hokkaido, Japan, it is hardier than B4 C8 E8 G1 G8 J0 J4 L1 L4 1.8 0.8 -23 most other Japanese bamboos.

SCHIZOSTACHYUM Giant to shrub -like tropical, clumping, nodes are usually un -swollen, culm walls thin. Continuously produce flowers without dying, rarely set seed. S. brachycladum 45.0 4.0 35 5 Erect, tight -clumping, drooping tips. C ultivars A0 B0 C3 D3 E0 F8 J6 J9 K0 L7 L9 M4 13.7 10.2 2 with coloured culms popular ornamentals in Asia. American Bamboo Society 33 2009 Source List #29

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Schizostachyum S. brachycladum 'Bali 45.0 4.0 35 Culms yellow with the occasional thin green J6 J9 K0 Kuning' 13.7 10.2 2 stripe, leaves have occasional cream stripes. S. caudatum 25.0 1.5 35 5 Densely tufted, drooping tips, almost solid. J9 7.6 3.8 2 Sheath light green tinged with orange. Considered sacred in Sumatra, Indonesia. S. glaucifolium 65.0 4.0 35 5 Yellow, with green stripes. A "canoe plant" J9 M4 19.8 10.2 2 brought to Hawaii by the Polynesians. S. jaculans 30.0 1.3 35 5 Erect, straight culms with drooping tips. A0 F8 J9 K0 L9 9.1 3.3 2 Internodes can be over 3 ft long. May be synonym for S. lima. S. lima 40.0 3.5 5 Very long internodes. K0 12.2 8.9

S. sp. 'Murray Island' 16.0 1.0 37 4 Has very long internodes, up to 1 meter. Used A0 B0 J9 K0 L9 4.9 2.5 3 in the Solomon Islands to make pan flutes and for weaving.

SEMIARUNDINARIA Med ium size running bamboos with nearly cylindrical culms and culm sheaths that hang for some time attached at the middle of their base. S. fastuosa 30.0 1.5 -5 5 Stately cultivar with very erect, straight culms A1 A5 A8 B1 B4 B5 B7 B8 B9 C0 C1 C3 C5 C8 9.1 3.8 -21 and very short branches. Culms eventually turn C9 D0 D2 D5 D6 D9 E1 E7 E8 F0 F4 F5 F6 G0 NARIHIRA BAMBOO G1 G3 G6 G8 G9 H1 H2 H3 H4 H8 I0 I2 I4 I6 I7 mottled purplish brown. Internodes narrowly I8 J2 J4 J5 J7 K2 K6 K8 L0 L4 L7 M2 M3 M3 grooved above the branches. M3 M5 N1 N2 S. fastuosa 'Viridis' 30.0 1.5 -5 5 Similar to the above except that the culms A8 B1 B4 B5 B8 B9 C0 C1 C3 C5 C8 C9 D2 D5 9.1 3.8 -21 remain green, branches are a little longer, and D6 E1 E2 E7 E8 E9 F4 G1 G3 G8 H1 H2 H3 I0 I1 J2 J4 K2 K6 L7 L8 M2 M6 N1 growth is more vigorous. S. fortis 26.0 1.5 0 5 It originated from middle and north Kyushu, B4 C3 C8 D2 E8 F4 G0 I0 J2 J4 7.9 3.8 -18 Japan. S. lubrica 15.0 1.0 23 A recent introduction. Perhaps is J4 J7 4.6 2.5 -5 lubricum Shoots edible. S. kagamiana 30.0 1.5 -5 5 Similar to S. fastuosa with longer branches and C8 J2 J4 L7 9.1 3.8 -21 pubescent leaves & leaf sheaths. S. makinoi 16.0 0.8 0 4 The culms soon turn reddis h-brown. An B3 B4 C3 C8 D0 D2 D9 F4 H0 H1 H3 J2 J4 J7 MAKINOI 4.9 2.0 -18 attractive small bamboo suitable for growing in L7 M5 pots. S. okuboi 25.0 1.5 0 5 The leaves are distinctive in being wider for B1 B4 B8 B9 C1 C3 C8 D2 D9 E1 E7 E8 F1 F4 7.6 3.8 -18 their length than leaves of other bamboos. G0 G1 G6 H3 H4 I0 I1 I6 I8 J2 J4 L1 L4 L7 L8 BIRODONA N1 N2 S. sp. 'Korea' 5.0 0.3 0 Unidentified species imported by Gerald Bol B4 C8 D2 E1 E8 F4 J4 1.5 0.8 -18 from Korea. S. yashadake 25.0 1.5 0 5 Similar to S. fastuosa except with broader B4 B8 C0 C8 C9 D2 E1 E8 F4 G1 I4 J4 K2 M1 7.6 3.8 -18 leaves and long hairs at the base of the culm leaf sheaths. S. yashadake 'Kimmei' 25.0 1.5 0 5 The culms are yellow with green grooves; A2 B4 B5 B7 B8 B9 C1 C3 C8 C9 D2 D5 D9 E1 7.6 3.8 -18 leaves are yellow striped. E2 E7 E8 F4 F6 G0 G1 G3 H3 H9 I1 I4 I6 I8 J2 J4 K2 K8 L0 L1 L7 M5 N1 N2 S. yashadake 'Kimmei 15.0 1.0 5 5 Like Semiarundinaria yashadake Kimmei ,but C8 D7 E1 E8 Inversa' 4.6 2.5 -15 redish to green culms with yellow sulcus

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SHIBATAEA A genus with very dense, short, zig -zagged angular culms with 3 -5 branches per node, often clipped into balls. S. chinensis 2.0 0.1 -10 3 Similar but smaller than S. kumasaca, it may B1 B4 C8 D2 E8 E9 G1 G2 H4 I0 I8 J4 J7 L7 M3 0.6 0.3 -23 also be hardier. Shows less leaf burn under M3 M3 N2 alkaline conditions. S. kumasaca 7.0 0.3 -10 3 Short, broad leaves on slender, nearly solid B0 B1 B4 B8 B9 C0 C1 C3 C8 D0 D2 D5 D9 E1 2.1 0.8 -23 culms with prominent nodes and short slightly E7 E8 E9 F1 F2 F5 F6 G0 G1 G2 G3 G5 G6 G8 OKAME-ZASA G9 H1 H3 H4 H8 H9 I0 I1 I2 I7 I8 J2 J4 J5 J7 K1 zigzag internodes. Prefers acid soil, shows L4 L7 L8 M1 M2 M3 M3 M3 N1 N2 extensive leaf burn if in alkaline environment. S. kumasaca 'Albostriata' 7.0 0.3 -5 3 Similar, but with white striped leaves. C0 D2 2.1 0.8 -21

S. kumasaca 7.0 0.3 -5 3 Similar, but has gold stripes on the young B4 C0 C9 D2 G1 J4 'Aureostriata' 2.1 0.8 -21 leaves. S. lancifolia 7.0 0.3 -5 3 The leaves are longer and narrower than on B1 B9 C1 C8 D2 E8 E9 F1 F6 G0 I0 I8 J4 L4 L8 2.1 0.8 -21 others of the genus.

SINOBAMBUSA Running bamboos similar to Semiarundinaria except that the culm sheaths promptly fa ll off. S. gigantea 55.0 4.0 10 Spectacular shoots with a ring of long purple C9 16.8 10.2 -12 hairs around the nodes. S. intermedia 16.0 1.0 10 4 Culm internodes up to 2 ft long, rough to the B1 B4 B8 C8 C9 D2 E8 G1 G2 J2 L0 L3 L7 4.9 2.5 -12 touch. May be a Semiarundinaria species. S. tootsik 30.0 1.5 10 4 A vigorous growing runner with straight, erect B0 B7 B8 D2 E1 E7 E8 F6 G4 H3 I8 L7 L9 9.1 3.8 -12 culms. S. tootsik 'Albostriata' 30.0 1.5 10 4 Similar to the type, but with yellowish white B0 B1 B3 B4 B7 B8 C3 C8 C9 D2 E0 E1 E4 E7 9.1 3.8 -12 striped leaves. E8 F1 F4 G0 G7 H1 H2 I0 I4 I8 J7 K3 K4 L0 L4 L7 L9 M3 N2

THAMNOCALAMUS Clumping bamboos from the mountains of eastern Asia and Africa, similar to Fargesia. T. crassinodus 'Aristatus 12.0 0.5 10 3 US Plants grown as T. aristatus seem to be A5 B4 B5 C3 D2 E1 E2 E7 G1 H3 K0 L7 M3 M3 hort. US' 3.7 1.3 -12 cultivars of T. crassinodus. T. aristatus is a M3 N2 synonym of T. spathiflorus. T. crassinodus 18.0 0.8 From Nepal and Tibet. Culm nodes swollen, B4 B5 B9 C0 C3 D2 D7 E1 E2 E7 E8 G1 G3 H3 5.5 2.0 branching very strong, some clones with small I6 J5 K6 L7 M5 N1 N2 leaves. No auricles. T. crassinodus 'Kew 15.0 0.8 15 3 very small leaves on blue -grey canes which B4 D7 E1 E8 I4 Beauty' 4.6 1.6 -9 become red or brown with age. T. crassinodus 18.0 0.8 10 3 Large very droopy blue -green leaves adorn blue L7 'Mendocino' 5.5 2.5 -12 culms with darker knobby nodes. Shoots purple. T. crassinodus 'Merlyn' 25.0 1.0 5 Tallest and hardiest of several clones. B4 B5 C3 D2 D7 E1 E2 E8 G1 I4 I6 L7 7.6 2.0 -15

T. nepalensis 'Nyalam' 8.0 0.5 5 From Tibet. Short, upright and hardy. No oral B4 D2 E8 2.5 1.0 -15 setae. Broad pendulous leaves. T. spathiflorus 16.0 0.8 15 3 From the E Himalayas. Culms become very B4 C3 D2 E8 G1 H2 4.9 2.5 -9 red. Foliage leaves with prominent oral setae. Less hardy. T. tessellatus 16.0 0.8 0 4 Bergbamboes of S. Africa. Clumps tight to A5 B4 B9 C0 C3 C6 D2 D5 D9 E1 E7 E8 G1 G3 BERGBAMBOES 4.9 2.5 -18 loose, sun-tolerant, leaves randomly arranged, I4 J2 J5 K0 K2 L7 L9 M2 M3 M5 N1 N2 leaf sheaths persistent.

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THYRSOSTACHYS A genus of moderate size, tropical clumping bamboos with rather small leaves and persistent culm sheaths. T. oliveri 40.0 3.0 25 5 Similar to T. siamensis, possibly larger. The K0 L9 12.2 7.6 -4 plant at Quail Gardens has grown very rapidly. T. siamensis 40.0 3.0 25 5 One of the most graceful bamboos k nown. A0 B3 B6 C3 C7 C8 E0 E4 F1 F8 G4 G7 J6 J9 MONASTERY 12.2 7.6 -4 Culm walls very thick, almost solid. Sheath K0 K1 K3 L9 M4 BAMBOO persistent. In monasteries in Thailand.

YUSHANIA A large group of spreading thornless frost -hardy bamboos from Taiwan, the Hima layas and Africa. Rhizomes pachymorph, often with long rootless necks, but also tillering, so forming spreading thickets. Y. alpina 24.0 2.0 19 5 Native to Africa. It has been used for water L7 GREEN MOUNTAIN 7.3 5.1 -7 pipes in Tanzania. Formerly listed as BAMBOO Arundinaria alpina. Y. anceps 12.0 0.5 10 3 One of the beautiful mountain bamboos from B4 B9 C0 C3 D2 E1 E7 H3 H4 J2 K0 L7 N1 N2 3.7 1.3 -18 the Himalayas of India. Y. anceps 'Pitt White' 25.0 0.5 10 3 May grow taller than the above. Narrow leaves, B1 B4 C0 C3 D2 E1 E2 E7 E8 G0 G1 H1 H3 H9 7.6 1.3 -18 weeping. A clone from Britain. I0 I4 I6 I8 J4 J5 J7 K0 K2 K6 L7 M3 M3 M3 N1 Y. boliana 24.0 2.0 10 3 Pale blue culms, reaches large size quickly. A5 B4 B5 C3 D2 E1 E2 E8 H3 H7 I4 I6 J5 J7 J9 7.3 5.1 -12 From Sichuan, via Fuji Bamboo Garden in K0 K2 K6 L7 N1 N2 Japan. Culms well spaced in warmer climates. Y. brevipaniculata 6.0 0.4 -4 3 Previously known as Y. chungii. Very large B4 E8 G1 L7 1.8 1.0 -20 auricles. Found at altitudes of 2.5-3.8 km in western Sichuan, China. Y. exilis 6.0 0.4 -4 3 Previously known as Y. chungii aff. Slender, B4 L7 1.8 1.0 -20 elegant plant. Y. maculata 10.0 0.6 3 From Yunnan and Sichuan. Grows in pine B4 D2 J2 J4 3.1 1.5 forests at elevation 1.8-3.5 km. Young culms have fine striae. Y. maling 20.0 1.0 0 4 The most common spreading bamboo in E B4 C3 D2 E1 E8 G1 H2 K0 L7 M3 M3 M3 6.1 2.5 -18 Nepal. Long solid rhizome necks. Rough internodes on new culms.

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American Bamboo Society 37 2009 Source List #29 Bamboo Products (See Sources on pages 38) Product Vendor Code

Art A0 B4 B9 C0 C1 C9 D4 D6 D7 E3 F6 G5 H1 H3 H6 I3 I9 J8 K5 L1 L2 L8 Bamboo Removal A1 A3 A5 B0 B1 B3 B4 B5 B9 C0 C1 C8 D5 D7 E8 F0 F5 F6 G5 G6 H3 I1 I2 I5 I7 J5 J6 K5 K6 L6 M5 N1 Blinds, screens B1 C0 C9 D5 D7 H1 H3 J7 K5 M7 Books A0 A2 A6 B1 B4 B5 B9 C0 C1 C3 C4 C8 C9 D2 D4 D6 D7 E1 E7 F6 F7 F8 H1 H3 H4 H8 I0 I8 J8 L3 L7 Consulting, Agriculture A1 A5 B0 B1 B4 B6 B8 C4 C5 C8 C9 D0 D3 D9 E1 E8 F0 F8 G7 H0 H3 I2 J1 J2 J4 J7 K0 K1 K6 K9 L2 L6 L7 M4 N1 Consulting, Landscape A0 A1 A3 A5 B0 B1 B3 B4 B5 B6 B8 B9 C0 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C7 C8 C9 D7 D9 E1 E5 E8 F0 F5 F6 F8 F9 G6 G7 H0 H1 H3 H4 I1 I2 I5 I7 J2 J3 J4 J5 J6 K1 K5 K6 K9 L2 L6 L7 L8 L9 M0 M4 M5 N1 N2 Craft Workshops A7 A9 B1 B2 B7 C4 C9 F6 G5 H3 I3 K5 L2 Crafts, Jewelry A5 A9 B5 C0 C9 D4 D5 F0 F6 G5 I3 I8 J7 L1 L2 Fences, screens, water pipes A0 A4 B0 B1 B5 B9 C0 C2 C9 D2 D5 D6 E1 F0 F6 F7 G5 G6 H1 H3 J7 K2 K5 M7 N1 Fertilizer A0 B0 B1 B9 C0 C8 D6 D7 E1 E5 G3 H1 H3 J6 L6 L7 L9 M3 M3 M3 Flooring B1 F7 H1 H3 K7 L6 N1 Furniture C0 C1 C9 D2 D7 F0 F7 H1 H 3 M7 N1 Garden Ornaments A0 B9 C0 C1 C3 C8 C9 D5 D6 D7 E1 F6 F7 G5 G7 H1 H3 I9 J5 K5 L7 M7 N1 Gifts B7 B9 C0 C1 C3 C9 D4 D6 D7 D8 F6 H1 H3 H6 I8 J7 J8 K5 L8 M7 Magazines D7 Musical Instruments, music B2 B7 C9 D4 E0 F0 F6 G5 H3 I5 L2 Other A3 A7 C0 C8 C9 D4 D9 E1 G5 H5 H6 J4 J7 J8 K5 Plant labels and signs C3 Plants for foreign shipment only N1 N2 Plywood, paneling A4 C0 F7 H1 K7 L6 Poles A0 A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A9 B0 B1 B5 B6 B7 B9 C0 C1 C2 C3 C4 C7 C8 C9 D0 D2 D5 D6 D7 D9 E0 E9 F0 F3 F6 F7 G5 G6 G9 H0 H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 H9 I0 I1 I2 I9 J1 J2 J7 J8 K2 K5 L4 L6 L7 M3 M3 M3 M5 M7 N1 Potting soil B0 B1 C0 C1 C8 D6 D7 E1 G3 H3 L9 M3 M3 M3 Rhizome barriers A2 B1 B4 B5 B8 B9 C0 C1 C2 C3 C8 D2 D5 D7 D9 E1 E7 F5 G3 G5 G6 H1 H2 H3 H4 H8 I0 I1 I6 I7 J7 K2 K5 L3 L6 L7 M2 M5 N1 Seminars, lectures A0 A7 B0 B1 B4 B5 B6 B9 C2 C3 C4 C9 D0 E8 F9 G8 H1 H3 I1 I2 I7 J2 J3 J4 J5 J7 J8 K5 K9 L7 L8 L9 M4 M5 Structural and engineering design C4 J4 Structures of bamboo A3 A5 C0 C1 C2 D2 F0 F7 H1 H3 J2 J7 K5 M7 Surfboards A5 F0 Tools B1 B5 B9 C0 C1 C3 C9 D7 E1 F7 H1 H3 I8 L8 Walking, hiking sticks A5 A9 B1 B7 C0 C1 C2 C9 D9 E0 E9 F0 F6 G5 G9 H1 H3 H6 I2 K2 L2 M7

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Sources by Code A0 A Bamboo Man F8 GaiaYoga Nursery L7 Tradewinds Bamboo Nursery A1 Acacia Tree Farm F9 Gale Beth Goldberg, AIA L8 Tripple Brook Farm, Inc. A2 Alligator Alley G0 Georgia Bamboo L9 Tropical Bamboo, Inc. A3 Argo Bamboo Farm G1 Grassworks Bamboo M0 Tyler Systems A4 Bamboo & Rattan Works Inc. G2 green thumb palms M1 Upper Bank Nurseries A5 Bamboo 4 U G3 Greentop, LLC M2 Viewcrest Nurseries A6 Bamboo Art G4 H & H Bamboo M3 Walter Andersen Nursery A7 Bamboo Arts & Craft Network G5 Haiku Bamboo Nursery M4 Whispering Winds Bamboo A8 Bamboo Bend G6 Hamptons Grass & Bamboo M5 Wild Bird Bamboo A9 Bamboo Branch G7 Healing Garden & Bamboo M6 Wild Rose Ranch B0 Bamboo Collection G8 High Plains Bamboo and Koi M7 Yucatan Bamboo, Inc. B1 Bamboo Company Nursery G9 Hollow Bamboo N1 Canada's Bamboo World B2 Bamboo Flutes H0 Hominy Farms LLC N2 The Plant Farm B3 Bamboo For You H1 Horticultural Consultants, Inc. B4 Bamboo Garden H2 instant jungle Paid Advertisements B5 Bamboo Gardener LLC H3 Jade Mountain Bamboo Nursery B6 Bamboo Gardens H4 jmbamboo B7 Bamboo Gardens and Music H5 Johnson Bamboo B8 Bamboo Gardens of Louisiana H6 Ka Lae Farms B9 Bamboo Gardens of Washington H7 Ken's Clumping Bamboos C0 Bamboo Giant H8 Klyn Nurseries Inc. C1 Bamboo Guy Nursery H9 Landscapes Plus C2 Bamboo Habitat I0 Lewis Bamboo, Inc. C3 Bamboo Headquarters.com I1 Little Acre Farm C4 Bamboo Institute of Tennessee I2 Lone Oak Farm C5 Bamboo International I3 Lynda Brothers, Artist C6 Bamboo oasis I4 Mad Man Bamboo C7 Bamboo Orlando I5 Marblemount Bamboo C8 Bamboo Plantation I6 McKenzie Valley Bamboo C9 Bamboo Ranch I7 Michigan Bamboo Company D0 Bamboo Satori I8 MidAtlantic Bamboo D1 Bamboo Source I9 Midwest Bamboo Ltd. D2 Bamboo Sourcery J0 Needmore Bamboo Co D3 BambooFlorida.com J1 Ninole Orchard, Inc. D4 Bambooman, LLC J2 Northern Groves D5 Bastian's Bamboo J3 Oregon Bamboo Nursery D6 BeautifulBamboo.com J4 Our Bamboo Nursery D7 Beauty & The Bamboo J5 Outdoors By Design D8 BLACK JADE GRAPHICS J6 Palm Beach Bamboo Inc. D9 Blue Heron Farm J7 Pura Vida Tropicals E0 Bountiful Earth, Inc. J8 Quail Botanical Gardens E1 Boxhill Farm J9 Quindembo Bamboo Nursery E2 Burt Associates Bamboo K0 Rainforest Bamboos E3 Cal Hashimoto, Sculptor K1 Redland Nursery E4 caldwell nursery K2 RKR Bamboo Plantation E5 Carter Bamboo K3 Roy Rogers E6 Chris Stanton K4 San Marcos Growers E7 Clinton Inc. Bamboo Growers K5 Shinkigen...a New Beginning E8 Connor Bamboo K6 Shweeash Bamboo E9 David C Andrews K7 Smith and Fong Company F0 Desert Ranch Bamboo Project K8 Summer Hill Nursery F1 Dunroven Farm K9 Susanne Lucas, Horticulturist F2 E. Nelson Plantsman L0 TejasTropicals LLC F3 Evergreen Acre L1 Terra Viridis Nursery F4 Fallen Oaks Bamboo L2 The Arts of Richard Waters F5 FAST GRASS BAMBOO L3 The Bambusetum NURSERY L4 Thigpen Trail Bamboo Farm F6 FLUTES&VEGETABLES L5 TOO2BAMBOO F7 Frank's Cane & Rush Supply L6 Touch the Earth, Inc. American Bamboo Society – Plant & Product Suppliers 39 2009 Source List #29 A Bamboo Man 305 -378 -9449 Fax: 305 -378 -2018 Retail/wholesale/mail -order, deliver locally, ship within USA. A0 7810 SW 118 Street Gary & Cindy Rich Tropical bamboos, all sizes of poles, fencing, Consulting, landscapes. Miami, FL 33156 [email protected] www.bambooman.net Retail, Wholesale, Mail Order Acacia Tree Farm 760 -352 -7095 Desert acclimated clumpers and runners in a variety of sizes, A1 625 E. Gillett Rd. Imperial Bamboo including landscape specimens. Design, planting, maintenance. El Centro, CA 92243 [email protected] Agricultural consultations and grove development. Wholesale, Local Delivery Alligator Alley 405 -949 -2553 Fax: 405 -949 -2137 Open Monday throug h Saturday. Call first if driving from a long 4636 NW 10TH ST Bryan Swinney distance, to make sure owner is in. Otherwise feel free to drop in any A2 Oklahoma City, OK 73127 [email protected] time to buy, trade or just talk about bamboo! http://www.alligatoralley.com/bamboostock.html Retail, Takes Credit Cards, Local Delivery Argo Bamboo Farm 770 -942 -6306 To improve their landscape and create natural visual & sound barriers, Winston, GA Richard Argo homeowners are turning to bamboo for its hardiness, evergreen A3 [email protected] leaves, and beauty. Argo Farm seeks to provide a convenient bamboo source for homeowners, landscapers, and nurseries. http://www.GeorgiaBamboo.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholesale, Local Delivery Bamboo & Rattan Works 732 -370 -0220 Fa x: 732 -905 -8386 Established 1880. Tropical, Oriental, Polynesian, interior and exterior Inc. Suzanne Maison materials. If that's the look you're looking for give us a call. Family A4 470 Oberlin Ave. South [email protected] owned and operated for 5 generations. We are not an internet LAKEWOOD, NJ 08701 company. 1-800-4-bamboo. www.bambooandrattan.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholesale, Mail Order, Catalog, Takes Credit Cards, Ships USA, Ships Worldwide Bamboo 4 U 760 -224 -2211 Fax: 760 -749 -0395 Have wide variety of species from each clumping bamboo Genus. 3625 Gopher Canyon Road JoAnne & Stu Wyman ie...Bambusa,Borinda,Chusquea,Dendrocalamus, Vista, CA 92084 [email protected] Fargesia,Gigantochloa,Himalayaclamus,Otatea. Many runners as well. A5 We sell wholesale and retail. Call for appointment. So Cal delivery. bamboo4u.biz bamboostu.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholesale, Mail Order, Local Delivery Bamboo Art 828 -254 -0023 Author of revise d and updated "Craft and Art of Bamboo - 30 Eco - A6 54 Westover Dr. Carol Stangler friendly Projects to make for Home and Garden". (Lark Books, 2009) Asheville, NC 28801 [email protected] See website for teaching events. www.CraftandArtofBamboo.com Services Only Bamboo Arts & Craft 512 929 9565 Fax: 512 927 2127 International website providing bamboo information, news, events Network Carole Meckes listings, and resources. 6707 Willamette Dr [email protected] Online services focusing on bamboo crafts: Discussion Forum & 3 A7 Austin, TX 78723 Galleries: Bamboo Flora & Fauna; Bamboo Arts & Crafts; Bamboo Workshops. Free Membership. www.bamboocraft.net Services Only Bamboo Bend 512 -301 -2929 Ornamental bamboos, attractive frost -hardy clumpers & temperate A8 6628 Ruxton Lane Steve Muzos runners. Bamboo consulting services available.By appointment only, Austin, TX 78749-4100 [email protected] local sales only (no shipping). www.bamboobend.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Local Delivery Bamboo Branch 512 -929 -9565 Fax: 512 -927 -2127 Bamboo poles, pieces and parts. Specializing in providing custom 6707 Willamette Drive Carole Meckes cuts for your special bamboo craft projects. Bamboo beads and A9 Austin, TX 78723 [email protected] bamboo bead jewelry. Small orders welcome. Visits by appointment. Retail. Mail Orders. Paypal. www.bamboobranch.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Mail Order, Ships USA Bamboo Collection 305 205 8184 B0 9700 SW 114 STREET ahmed m chehab MIAMI, FL 33176 [email protected] Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholesale, Mail Ord er, Catalog, Takes Credit Cards, Local Delivery, Ships USA, Ships Worldwide, Services Only American Bamboo Society – Plant & Product Suppliers 40 2009 Source List #29 Bamboo Company Nursery 985 -789 -2584 Fax: 985 -839 -9550 Bamboo Company Nursery is a re tail/wholesale nursery with over 100 16483 Fisher Road Alain Flexer species of Bamboo. We also offer Bamboo Poles, crafts, clothing and B1 Franklinton, LA 70438 [email protected] fresh shoots for sale. We are open Tuesday to Saturday from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM. No appointments/fees to tour nursery www.moso.us Retail, Wholesale, Takes Credit Cards, Local Delivery Bamboo Flutes 831 -227 -8394 Handmade shakuhachi & transverse bamboo flutes; repairs; B2 3329 Putter Dr Michael Kanner performances, children's workshops. Wholesale/retail, catalog, will Soquel, CA 95073 [email protected] ship worldwide. http://www.bambumariflutes.com Retail, Mail Order, Ships USA, Ships Worldwide Bamboo For You 941 -322 -0603 Retail/Wholesale. Visits by appt. Delivery to SE & SW Florida. B3 4812 253rd St. E. Marx Broszio VISA/MC/Amex. Bamboo removal & grove management. Photos on Myakka City, FL 34251 [email protected] web site. www.bambooforyou.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholesale, Takes Credit Cards, Local Delivery Bamboo Garden 503 -647 -2700 Fax: Call for number Specializing in rare bamboo with over 300 species. 18900 NW Collins Rd Ned Jaquith Descriptions,growing directions and many pictures at B4 North Plains, OR 97133 [email protected] www.bamboogarden.com Retail, Wholesale, Internet, & mail order. www.bamboogarden.com Retail, Wholesale, Mail Order, Takes Credit Cards, Local Delivery, Ships USA Bamboo Gardener LLC 206 -371 -1072 Bamboo plant Nursery. Books on Bamboo and Japanese Gardens. PO BOX 17949 James P. Clever Rhizome barrier containment systems, 80mil thick and top quality B5 Seattle, WA 98127 [email protected] seam kits. Design, Consulting, Installation & Maintenance Services. Licensed - Bonded - Insured BAMBOGL913BH www.bamboogardener.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Mail Order, Local Deliver y, Ships USA, Ships Worldwide Bamboo Gardens 727 -784 -0517 Retail: Local sales. Catalog. Visits by appointment. Seminars & B6 1200 Virginia Avenue Jerry & Mary Ann Smith consultations available. Specializing in Tropical clumping bamboo Palm Harbor, FL 34683-4441 Bamboo [email protected] only. Tours by special arrangement. Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Catalog, Local Delivery Bamboo Gardens and Music 706 -280 -9862 Local, retail, stabilized contai ner plants. Display gardens by 5426 Masada Dr Greg White Hunt appointment. Original music CDs & bamboo flutes. No shipping on B7 Cohutta, GA 30710 plants. Shipping on CDs & flutes! Original music performance by Greg White Hunt. www.bamboo-flute.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Mail Order, Local D elivery, Ships USA, Ships Worldwide Bamboo Gardens of 985 -795 -2300 Fax: 985 -795 -8300 Retail/Wholesale. Local/regional/internet sales of temperate and Louisiana Lee Berry / Randy Harding tropical bamboos. Over 100 varieties. Field dug and containerized B8 38124 Hwy 440 [email protected] specimens. Many large display groves. Sales by appointment. Mount Hermon, LA 70450- www.bamboogardensla.com www.bamboogardensla.com 3000 Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholesale, Mail Order, Takes Credit Cards, Local Delivery, Ships USA Bamboo Gardens of 425 -868 -5166 Fax: 425 -868 -5360 Bamboo Gardens is a specialty retail/wholesale nursery committed to Washington [email protected] providing high quality plants, poles, garden décor, installs & customer B9 5035 196th Ave. NE service. Our display gardens & bamboo groves provide creative Redmond, WA 98074 inspiration & a memorable visit. www.BambooGardensWA.com Retail, Wholesale, Takes Credit Cards, Local Delivery Bamboo Giant 831 -687 -0100 Fax: 831 -687 -0200 Licensed Landscape Contractors, Privacy Hedge Specialists, 5601 Freedom Blvd Larry Gullman, Sandie Huchko Deliver/Install West Coast, Wholesale/Retail, bamboo soil, fertilizers, C0 Aptos, CA 95003 [email protected] barrier, poles, fencing, furniture, boo ks, bamboo fiber shirts , self- guided tours, open 7 days, Visa & Mastercard accepted www.BambooGiant.com Retail, Wholesale, Mail Order, Takes Credit Cards, Local Delivery, Ships USA Bamboo Guy Nursery 503 -842 -7329 Retail local sales. Visits by appointment recommended, deliver PO Box 357 Scott Hill locally, ship products within U.S. 100+ varieties of bamboo. Books C1 Beaver, OR 97108 [email protected] on bamboo and Japanese landscape, 40 varieties of Japanese maples, poles, barrier , and indigenous art. Installation www.Bambooguy.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholesale, Local Delivery

American Bamboo Society – Plant & Product Suppliers 41 2009 Source List #29 Bamboo Habitat 610 -754 -9829 Fax: 610 -754 -0506 Winter hardy Phyllostachys Viva x, Pseudosasa Japonica and 1214 Snyder Road Jim Shannon Pleioblastus Fortunei (pickup). Also carry Rhizome barrier, bamboo C2 Perkiomenville, PA 18074 [email protected] poles, palm thatching, bamboo fencing, willow fencing, reed fencing and tropical wall coverings. Ship USA. www.bamboohabitat.com www.bamboohabitat.com Visit by A ppointment Only, Retail, Takes Credit Cards, Ships USA Bamboo Headquarters.com 760 -758 -6181 Fax: 760 -631 -1909 Retail, Wholesale, Mail Order. Online Store/Catalog. Visits by 2498 Majella Road Ralph J.C. Evans appointment. Visa/MC/Amex. Commercial quantities of popular C3 Vista, CA 92084 [email protected] varieties available now. We Ship worldwide. Over 250 varieties. Rhizome barrier. Consulting. www.BambooHeadquarters.com www.BambooHeadquarters.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholesa le, Mail Order, Takes Credit Cards, Local Delivery, Ships USA, Ships Worldwide Bamboo Institute of 931 -964 -4151 Fax: n/a Internships available, also hands -on s hort courses in bamboo craft & Tennessee Adam or Sue Turtle construction, field ID, culture, etc. We offer custom tours, C4 30 Myers Rd [email protected] workshops, speakers, consultations, presentations, research. Summertown, TN 38483-7323 www.growit.com/bamboo Services Only Bamboo International 760 788 -8145 Fax: 760 788 -8145 Retail, wholesale, local sales. Propagation to order. www.bamboo - C5 1902 Boundary Avenue Ken or Patty Brennecke international-growers.com Ramona, CA 92065 [email protected] Retail, Wholesale Bamboo oasis 503 -70 3-1345 We practice permaculture and vermiculture on our suburban 16283 sw scholls ferry rd David Weitzer beaverton bamboo farm on approx 2 acres, we specialize in privacy C6 beaverton , OR 97007 [email protected] hedges and plants in hardy varieties from tall timber bamboo to smaller solidstem. Our root barrier is made from recycled plastic. bamboooasis.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholesale, Local Delivery, Services Only Bamboo Orlando 407 290 -9815 Fax: 407 297 -3742 Hobbyis t/Back yard grower. Limited quantities of plants and very 8528 Lake Bosse Drive Mark limited time to interact (appointment only). Small plants, large plants C7 Orlando, FL 32810 [email protected] (25 ft+) and large 30 gallon pots sometimes available. $300 minimum purchase. B. oldhamii is primary seller. Visit by App ointment Only, Retail, Wholesale Bamboo Plantation 601 -833 -3937 Fax: 601 -833 -3937 We have a wide selection of rare and hard to find bamboos that are 642 Columbine Ln Jim Bonner available retail, wholesale, and by mail order. Garden Center hours C8 Brookhaven, MS 39601 customerservice@bambooplantatio M-S 9-5. We will deliver to most areas in the Gulf Coast Region and n.com ship within the US. All payment forms accepted. www.bambooplantation.com Retail, Wholesale, Mail Order, Takes Credit Cards, Local Deliv ery, Ships USA Bamboo Ranch 520 -743 -9879 Fax: 520 -743 -9879 Over 120 species.Desert grown for the southwest.Bamboo fiber Tucson, AZ 85745 Matt Finstrom clothing,housewares, accessories, furniture, C9 [email protected] poles,windchimes,books,unusual bamboo tools. Large demo garden. Raisin' cane in Tucson since 1986. Visits by appointment Tues-Sat. Cash or check www.bambooranch.net Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Mail Order, Catalog, Ships USA Bamboo Satori 405 -282 -1355 or 405 -590 -0179 Retail Sales with local delivery. Large Selection of running bamboos 10324 Cranberry Road Fax: 405-282-1355 in pots or custom dug for landscapers or homeowners. Poles and D0 Guthrie, OK 73044 Linda Finley fresh shoots are seasonally available. We also do educational [email protected] programs and group tours. By appointment only. Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Local Delivery Bamboo Source 979 -345 -2906 Fax: 979 -345 -4229 Containe r grown, cold hardy clumping bamboo D1 PO Box 167 Bamboo Source Bamboosourceonline.com West Columbia, TX 77486 [email protected] Wholesale Bamboo Sourcery 707 -823 -5866 Fax: 707 -829 -8106 Retail, Local, Mail Order. Visits by appoint ment. Many rare & hard - D2 666 Wagnon Road Jennifer York, Jesus Mora to-find species. Credit cards. Will deliver to SF Bay area, ship in US. Sebastopol, CA 95472 [email protected] Catalog/prices via web. www.bamboosourcery.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Mail Order, Catalog, Takes Credit Cards, Local Delivery, Ships USA American Bamboo Society – Plant & Product Suppliers 42 2009 Source List #29 Bam booFlorida.com 772 -473 -0383 Wholesale. Local sales of clumping tropicals. By appointment only. 4444 69th Street Sherry Snodgress Other bamboos by special order. Call for availability. No mail D3 Vero Beach, FL 32967 [email protected] orders. Consulting. Price list on web site. www.BambooFlorida.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholesale Bambooman, LLC 914 -309 -5895 Retail Tuned Bamboo flutes, panflutes, quenas. Bamboo music CDs, 273 Chatterton Pkwy. Danny Chan Bamboo Musical Performances on CDs & DVDs. Bamboo D4 White Plains, NY 10606 [email protected] products,silk bamboo,bamboo shaped metal products. "Hear The Musical Sounds & Rhythm of Bamboos" at www.bambooman.com/bamboomusic.php www.bambooman.com Retail, Mail Order, Catalog, Takes Credit Cards, Ships USA, Ships Worldwide Bastian's Bamboo 360 -357 -7299 Retail, 40+ varieties, crafts, fountains, benches, planters, barrier, D5 2812 140th Ave S.W. Sandra Bastian fencing, some installation & removal. Workshops - Closed Sundays. Tenino, WA 98589 [email protected] www.bastiansbamboonursery.com Retail, Catalog, Local Delivery BeautifulBamboo.com 352 429 2425 Fax: 352 429 2425 Need P rivacy? Want Beauty? Plant Bamboo!Fast -Growing, Non - 19546 Bamboo Bend Dr. Ralph, Sherry, or Timmy Boas Invasive Clumping & Running BamboosGiant to Dwarf Varieties - 30 D6 Groveland, FL 34736 [email protected] min. west of Orlando, Florida. Open by appointment. Online catalog. www.BeautifulBamboo.com www.BeautifulBamboo.com Visit by Appointment O nly, Retail, Wholesale, Local Delivery, Ships USA Beauty & The Bamboo 206 -781 -9790 Fax: 206 -297 -2810 Location(Seattle Washington)Open 7 -days a week,sun up to sun down 306-NW. 84th St. Stan Andreasen by appointme nt. We sell rare and common bamboo plants,felco D7 Seattle, WA 98117-3117 [email protected] tools,Cedar Grove Compost,gift certificates,wolverine shovels,bamboo slammers and more.Got Bicolor? beautyandthebamboo.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholesale, Mail Order, Catalog, Takes Credit Card s, Local Delivery, Ships USA BLACK JADE GRAPHICS 617 -926 -3345 Fax: None Ink Bamboo. Cards now available. Archival prints of original fine art 141 Galen St. Apt. 3 Martha Ann Spragg and book of line drawings of bamboo TBA. Wholesale; will retail in D8 Watertown, MA 02472-4507 [email protected] the future. For sales, please email only. (Studio not open to the public.) http://web.mac.com/marthaspragg/iweb/inkbamboo Wholesale, Mail Order, Ships USA Blue Heron Farm 360 -853 -8449 Fax: same as phone Retail, wholesale. Visits by appointment only. Catalog by request. 12179 State Route 530 Anne Schwartz and Michael Brondi Will deliver plants regionally & ship rhizomes within US. Large, D9 Rockport, WA 98283 [email protected] speciman plants available by custom order. Poles (1/2 to 3 inches) & fresh bamboo shoots available at the nursery. www.marblemount.com / blueheron.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholesale, Catalog, Local Delivery, Ships USA Bountiful Earth, Inc. 386 -427 -3330 Fax: 386 -427 -7896 Bamboo nursery and retail outlet specializing in,but not limited to, 706 S. Timberlane Drive Chuck Theroux tropical clumping varieties.Retail center. www.bamboo.ws E0 New Smyrna Beach, FL [email protected] 32168 Retail, Takes Credit Cards Boxhill Fa rm 425 -788 -6473 Fax: 425 -844 -0405 Retail, wholesale, mail order, will accept credit cards, ship within the E1 14175 Carnation-Duvall Rd. Bob Schader USA. Fertilizer, consulting, rhizome barriers. Fine garden designs. Duvall, WA 98019 [email protected] www.boxhillfarm.com Retail, Wholesale, Mail Order, Takes Credit Cards, Local Delivery Burt Associates Bamboo 978 -692 -3240 Fax: 978 -692 -3222 We welcome visitors from May through Sep tember. Shipping to USA E2 3 Landmark Road Albert Adelman only - all states but HI and AK. www.bamboos.com Westford, MA 01886 [email protected] Retail, Mail Order, Catalog, Takes Credit Cards, Ships USA Cal Hashimoto, Sculptor 808 -929 -8016 Freestanding & wall -hung contemporary bamboo sculpture. Original P.O. Box 377617 Cal Hashimoto, Sculptor fine art. Private & corporate commissions. E3 Ocean View, HI 96737 [email protected] t Visits by appointment. Will ship worldwide. www.bamboofinearts.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Ships USA, Ships Worldwide

American Bamboo Society – Plant & Product Suppliers 43 2009 Source List #29 caldwel l nursery 2813424016 Fax: 2813417367 6 Acre Nursery located 20 minutes west of Houston off Hyw 59S. 2436 Band Road Chuck and CayDee Caldwell Specializing in clumping bamboos and rare plants for the retail and E4 Rosenberg, TX 77471 [email protected] landscape trade. Nursery is landscaped with large clumps of 40 plus speices of bamboo. Hours mon.-sat. 9:00-5:30 Come visit caldwellhort.com Retail, Takes Credit Cards, Local Delivery Carter Bamboo Steve Carter Carter Bamboo is a retail bamboo nursery open by appointment only. PO Box 835 [email protected] We are family owned and located in Wild Peach, Texas between E5 Brazoria, TX 77422 Brazoria and West Columbia. Carter Bamboo specializes in ornamental tropical clumping bamboo. www.carterbamboo.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail Chris Stanton 860 -668 -9565 Bamboo species cold hardy in zones 5&6. Specialty Balled&Burlaped E6 95 North Stone St. Chris Stanton bamboo plants. Visits by appointment only, c all ahead. Local West Suffield, CT 06093 [email protected] installation, grove management and delivery available. Visit by Appointment Only, Local Delivery Clinton Inc. Bamboo 206 -242 -8848 Fax: 206 -444 -9428 Retail, Wholesale, Catalog. Growers Erika Harris, Vance Allen, Lee Local sales May-Sept, Fri-Sun, 9am-5pm, or by appointment. E7 12260 1st Ave S Gartner Display gardens, local delivery. 85+ varieties, ornamental grasses, Seattle, WA 98168-2014 [email protected] phormiums. Retail, Wholesale, Catalog, Takes Credit Cards, Local Deliver y, Ships USA Connor Bamboo (503) 734 -5735 A collector 's nursery growing over 200 ornamental and rare bamboos 1035 S.E. 12th. Avenue, Apt. Ian Connor organically and mite free - some too new to be listed here. Ian E8 10 [email protected] Connor is a horticulturist specialising in bamboo and landscape Portland, OR 97214 design. Available for lectures and consults nation wide. www.ConnorBamboo.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Mail Order, Catalog, Local Delivery, Ships USA, Ships Worldwide Dav id C Andrews David C Andrews Other Phyllostachys plants may be available. Send long Self - E9 PO Box 358 [email protected] Addressed-Stamped-Envelope for information sheet & price list. Oxon Hill, MD 20750-0358 Plants shipped East of Rockies, North of Florida. Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Mail Order, Local Delivery, Ships USA Desert Ranch Bamboo (760)224 -2211 Fax: (760)749 -0395 To plant and purpetuate bamboo suitable f or the given micro -climate. Project Bamboo Stu Developing bamboo lifestyles. Bamboo terra-forming. Oracle Junction [email protected] We will help to inform you and to help aquire desired bamboo species F0 San Manuel, AZ 85631 suitable for all your needs. Clumpers & Runners desertranchbambooproject.com desertranch.net Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholesale, Mail Order, Local Delivery Dunroven Farm 352 -330 -0766 A family operated bamboo garden in Central Florida F1 7423 County Road 247 Ellen King www.kingsbamboo.com Rutland, FL 33538 [email protected] Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholesale, Mail Order, Local Delivery E. Nelson Plantsman 501 -477 -9977 Fax: 501 -477 -9977 Retail/wholesale, display garden, visits by appointment large F2 1170 Hwy 64 W Ewa L. Nelson specimen Japanese Maples, consulting. Morrilton, AR 72110 Visit by Appointment Only, Retail Evergreen Acre 541 -929 -3742 Wholesale & retail nursery. F3 24264 Evergreen Rd Debbie Morris Philomath, OR 97370 [email protected] Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholesale Fallen Oaks Bamboo 760 -789 -3406 Fax: 760 -789 -9894 www.fallenoaksbamboo.com F4 Ramona, CA 92065 Fallen Oaks Bamboo [email protected] Retail, Wholesale, Local Delivery

American Bamboo Society – Plant & Product Suppliers 44 2009 Source List #29 FAST GRASS BAMBOO 573 -205 -9737 30+ Bamboo Species, all have wintered over here near ST Louis MO. NURSERY CATHY JAWORSKI Large jobs prefered, delivery available. F5 3098 idel road jk [email protected] Most plants are dug on order then balled and bulapped. Rosebud, MO 63091 Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholesale, Local Delivery FLUTES&VEG ETABLES 850 -836 -9996 Eclectic store(bamboo flutes and canes..),Clumping and temperate 2831 N Hwy 81 Bamboobill bamboos, walking bamboo tour to Blue Creek. No plant shipping. F6 Ponce de Leon, FL 32455 [email protected] Local sales only. 1 mile N Exit96,I-10 NW Florida www.myspace.com/flutesandvegetables Retail Frank's Cane & Rush 714 -847 -0707 Fax: 714 -843 -5645 We supply all manner of tropical decor including bamboo poles; Supply Mike Frank yellow, green, turtle, black, thick wall, all diam. 1/4" - 6" from 2' to F7 7252 Heil Ave [email protected] 12' in length. www.FrankSupply.com Huntington Beach, CA 92647 M Retail GaiaYoga Nursery 808 965 -5664 Fax: 808 965 -5664 A tropical, organic nursery specializing in clumping bamboo, RR2 #3334 Ano Tarletz bananas, coconuts, fruit trees, passion fruit, perennial veggies & F8 Pahoa, HI 96778 [email protected] utility plants. 40+ bamboo species, including D. asper ‘Hitam’. We also offer contract growing, installation, & consulting www.gaiayoga.org/nursery Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholesale, Mail Order, Catalog, Local Delivery, Ships USA Gale Beth Goldberg, AIA 805 966 -9038 Fax: 805 966 -9038 Designer of bamboo architecture, interiors, & landscape F9 322 Elizabeth Street Gale Beth Goldberg environments. Book Author of BAMBOO STYLE conducts Santa Barbara, CA 93103 [email protected] educational presentations & workshops. www.bamboostyle.net Services Only Georgia Bamboo (478) 808 -5811 Wholesale and local retail. No mail order. Will deliver in the 913 Evergreen St Robby Russell southeast and ship in the U.S. Visits by appointment. Landscape and G0 Perry, GA 31069 [email protected] shipping size plants, container and B&B. Black bamboo our specialty. Plant list available on request. http://www.gabamboo.com Visit by Appointment Only, Wholesale, Local Delivery, Ships USA Grassworks Bamboo 541 -955 -0812 Retail -local sales only. Over 140 species integrated into a 3 acre G1 3800 Russell Road Galyn & Rosemary Carlile ornamental woodland display garden. By appointment only. Grants Pass, OR 97526 [email protected] Landscape consulting. Tours welcome. Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Catalog, Local Delivery green thumb palms 954 2341370 Fax: 9542080512 Licensed Grower/ Collector of quality.Featuring over 50 varieties 23370 Dixie Rd SW Scott Freedman from bonsai and potted specimens to large landscape pieces,ready to G2 Labelle, FL 33935 [email protected] go. Offering online sales, Delivery, Installation & maintenance throughout South and Southwest Florida. Call 954-234-1370 www.greenthumbpalms.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholesale, Mail Order, Takes Credit Cards, Local Delivery, Ships USA Greentop, LLC 01966 Fax: 978 -546 -3117 Wholesale, retail, mail order. Local delivery available. Shipping G3 5 Granite Street Christopher DeRosa within USA. Ship worldwide. Catalog avail. Accept credit cards. Rockport, MA 01966 [email protected] www.newengbamboo.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Mail Ord er, Catalog, Takes Credit Cards, Ships USA H & H Bamboo 786 -280 -7432 G4 Miami Lakes, FL 33015 Paul Morrow [email protected] Visit by Appointment Only, Wholesale, Local Delivery Haiku Bamboo Nursery (828) 685 -30 53 and 1(828)685 - Retail/Wholesale. Visits by Appt. Field Grown. BAMBOO POLES PO Box 35 3050 WAREHOUSE 20 Tuttle Rd. Hendersonville,NC. M-F 9-5. Top G5 Edneyville, NC 28727 Stefani and Keiji Oshima quality bamboo poles we grow them, Green and treated for Crafts, [email protected] construction. Also Display Keiji bamboo craft works. www.haikubamboonursery.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholesale, Takes Credit Cards, Local Delivery Hamptons Grass & Bamboo 631 -725 -8499 Fax: 631 -725 -8499 Wholesale/retail supplier of bamboos & ornamental grasses, P.O Box Aidan Furlong consulting, design, installation. Grove management, root barriers G6 Southampton, NY 11969 [email protected] (supply & install) www.hamptonsgrassandbamboo.com m Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholesale, Catalog, Local Delivery, Ships USA, Services Only American Bamboo Society – Plant & Product Suppliers 45 2009 Source List #29 Healing Garden & Bamboo (352)428 -3330 www.healinggardenandbamboo.com G7 9299 county line rd Charles Cintron Spring Hill, FL 34608 healinggardenandbamboo@yahoo Retail, Mail Order, Takes Credi t Cards, Local Delivery, Ships USA High Plains Bamboo and Koi 806 -786 -0925 plants in pots, greenhouse & outdoors. outdoor plants exposed to G8 3211 CR 5800 Nick C. Parker/Nancy Hubbard winds commonly in excess of 45 mph, very hot and dry summers, and Lubbock, TX 79415 [email protected] winter temps into the teens www.hpbamboo.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholesale, Local Delivery Hollow Bamboo 256 -503 -3826 Retail & Wholesale of plants and/or poles. No shipping of plants, 498 Keel Hollow Rd. Stewart or Deborah Horn only pickup or delivery. Large quantities of many species available. G9 New Hope, AL 35760 [email protected] Large plants also. Large poles up to 30 plus feet and up to 4.0 inch diameter. Visit by Appointment Only, Ret ail, Wholesale, Local Delivery Hominy Farms LLC 601 -783 -6048 State Certified Nursery specializing in Giant Timber Bamboo and 6179 Hamp Lea Road Kris Redmann/Grace Coppola Ornamental Bamboo for the Landscape.Consultation and Design for H0 Liberty, MS 39645 [email protected] your Bamboo Garden.Large Bamboo Poles.Field Dug Specimen Plants and container plants up to 35 gal. Custom Projects and Design www.HominyFarms.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholesale, Mail Order, Local Delivery Horticul tural Consultants, 713 -665 -7256 Fax: 713 -665 -0565 Wholesale. Worldwide consultant to architects/botanical gardens. Inc. Grant L. Stephenson Astonishing variety of cold hardy palms, bamboo, & H1 2838 Belfort Ave [email protected] spectacular specimens. Size range: manageable to gargantuan. Ship Houston, TX 77051 everywhere. www.hciglobal.com Wholesale instant jungle 707 794 -8292 Fax: 707 794 -8293 SPECIALTY BAMBOO AND PALM NUR SERY OFF HIGHWAY H2 503 WEST RAILROAD AVE ANDY KIMES 101 (5 MIN. NORTH OF PETALUMA) ON RAILROAD AVE COTATI, CA 94931 [email protected] #503. www.INSTANTJUNGLENORCAL.COM Retail, Wholesale, Local Delivery Jade Mountain Bamboo 253 -548 -1129 Fax: 253 -548 -9733 We sell over 100 species of hardy bamboos, onramental grasses,Asian Nursery Phil Davidson pottery,Asian Temple be imported Asian stoneware, cured bamboo H3 5020 - 116th St E jadehawk @comcast.net poles, split/whole pole bamboo fencing, flooring, bamboo fiber T- Tacoma, WA 98446 shirts, Landscape design, installation and bamboo barrier. www.jademountainbamboo.com Retail, Mail Order, Catalog, Takes Credit Cards, Local Delivery, Ships USA jmbamboo 2052835638 Cold hardy bamboo for landscaping and privacy. We c arry over 100 H4 4176 Humber Rd. James Mortensen species Mail order and local sales. Delivery available. Retail and Dora, AL 35062 [email protected] wholesale. Free shipping. www.jmbamboo.com Retail, Wholesale, Mail Order, Takes Credit Cards, Local Delivery, Ships USA Johnson Bamboo 352 -544 -0330 Retail, wholesale, mail order, local sales. Visa/MC. Visit by 70 Lark Ave. Geoffrey Johnson appointment. Catalog. Numerous bamboo in pots, 600 daylily H5 Brooksville, FL 34601 jeff@johnsonbamboo cultivars,rose in pots, and various ginger. Bamboo removal. www.johnsonbamboo.com Retail, Mail Order, Takes Credit Cards, Local Delivery, Ships USA Ka Lae Farms 808 -929 -7647 Fax: Same New 8 year old farm. Nice poles available for curtain rods and towel H6 PO box 807 Shary Grant-Crocker holders. Also hand painted block printed tees of bamboo for men and Naalehu, HI 96772 [email protected] women. www.TropicalTrappings.com Mail Order, Takes Credit Cards Ken's Clumping Bamboos 909 -590 -2297 Fax: 909 -590 -2297 Specializing in tropical clump ers. Wholesale, retail. By appointment H7 3866 Pilgrims Way Ken Rehor only. Chino, CA 91710 Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholesale Klyn Nurseries Inc. 800 -860 -8104 Fax: 440 -259 -3338 Wholesale only, n o mail order, container grown bamboo for the H8 Box 343 3322 South Ridge Rd. Bill Hendricks landscape trade. Visits by appointment. Credit cards. Catalog Perry, OH 44081 [email protected] onrequest. www.klynnurseries.com Wholesale, Catalog, Takes Credit Cards, Local Delivery, Ships USA American Bamboo Society – Plant & Product Suppliers 46 2009 Source List #29 Landscapes Plus 908 -658 -3055 Retail/Local Sales, Visits by appointment only. Local delivery H9 P.O. Box 156 Ronald Altman D.D.S. available. Pluckemin, NJ 07978 Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Local Delivery Lewis Bamboo, Inc. 205 -686 -5728 Retail, Local & Mail Order. Visits by appointments only. Will deliver I0 121 Creekview Road Roger Lewis, Jr. locally & ship within the USA. Books, Poles & Rhizome barrier. Oakman, AL 35579 [email protected] www.lewisbamboo.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Mail Order, Takes Credit Cards, Local Deli very, Ships USA Little Acre Farm 732 -938 -6300 Fax: 732 -938 -6340 Retail/Wholesale/Mail Order. Visits by appointment only. Will I1 223 Victory Rd. Ed Woolley deliver locally & ship within USA. Consulting, design & installation Howell, NJ 07731 [email protected] available. www.littleacrebamboo.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholesale, Catalog, Takes Credit Cards, Local Delivery, Ships USA Lone Oak Farm 615 -865 -9933 Fax: 615 -865 -9933 We grow 70+ bamboo selections and many other unique woody 2219 Neely's Bend Road Joe E. Willis landscape plants. We also produce the following primitive livestock I2 Madison, TN 37115 [email protected] breeds: Navajo -Churro Sheep, Jacob Sheep, and Myotonic Goats. Tennessee Nursery Certification # 2122 www.loneoakfarm- bamboo.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholesale, Mail Order, Local Delivery, Ships USA Lynda Brothers, Artist 805 -523 -3101 Fax: 805 -523 -3101 Original fine art with bamboo themes and/or bamboo materials. 4255 Hitch Blvd. Lynda Brothers Jewelry, silk paintings, woven tapestry, mixed media bamboo I3 Moorpark, CA 93021 [email protected] sculptures. Private and corporate commissions. Workshops www. LyndaBrothers.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholesale Mad Man Bamboo (916) 300 -6335 Bamboo nursery based in Rocklin, CA (near Sacramento). We have 5719 Jersey Drive Sean & Christy Bigley nearly 90 varieties of running and clumping bamboo plants in I4 Rocklin, CA 95765 [email protected] production. We sell by appointment only. Please call or e-mail to set up an appointment. www.madmanbamboo.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Mail Order, Ships USA Marblemount Bamboo 360 -873 -2542 Fax: 360 -873 -2542 Wholesale. We focus on propagating larger quantities of potted plants I5 P.O. Box 123 Marblemount Bamboo of a few marketable species - Nigra, Spectabilis, Bissettii, etc. Marblemount, WA 98267 [email protected] Specimen plants also available. Will deliver locally and ship in US. Wholesale, Local Delivery, Ships USA McKe nzie Valley Bamboo 541 -746 -9734 Fax: 541 -746 -9754 Retail local sales. Accepts credit cards. Local deliveries. Rhizome 38753 Camp Creek Rd. John Theus barrier. 90 varieties planted in a 2 acre display garden. 190 varieties I6 Springfield, OR 97478 [email protected] on site. Open weekends March through October. Other times by appointment. www.McKenzieBamboo.com Retail, Takes Credit Cards, Local Delivery Michigan Bamboo Company (248)298 -9568 Fax: (248)369 -8684 A Licensed Landscape contractor specializing in Privacy screens. We 4965 Perryville Rd. Jim Mihelich offer free consultations and cold hardy Bamboo plants & rhizome I7 Holly, MI 48442 [email protected] barrier sales by appointment only. www.mibamboo.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholes ale, Mail Order, Takes Credit Cards, Local Delivery, Ships USA MidAtlantic Bamboo 434 -645 -7662 Retail; Mail Order; Plants, BAMBOO SPADES & books. Visits by 1458 Dusty Road Bert & Mary Ann Silverman appointment only. Will deliver or ship via UPS or dedicated truck I8 Crewe, VA 23930 [email protected] within Continental USA. On-line catalog. VISA, Master Card and Discover accepted. www.midatlanticbamboo.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Mail Order, Takes Credit Cards, Local Delivery, Shi ps USA Midwest Bamboo Ltd. 630 -415 -7787 Midwest Bamboo Ltd. is proud to supply bamboo poles in many 20 Danada Square West, Suite Jeff or Cathy Ryan different diameters, fencing materials (slat fences and whole pole I9 # 117 [email protected] fences),thatch,windchimes and more to the people who live in the Wheaton, IL 60189 midwest. Visit our website for more info and to see photos too www.midwestbamboo.com Retail, Wholesale, Takes Credit Cards, Local Delivery, Ships USA

Needmore Bamboo Co 812 988 -6896 Growing 150+ species in southern Indiana zone 5b/6. Retail emphasis Nashville, IN 47448 Brad Salmon on zone 6 screening species along with rare collector species custom J0 [email protected] dug to order. Visit by appointment only. www.needmorebamboo.com American Bamboo Society – Plant & Product Suppliers 47 2009 Source List #29 Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Takes Credit Cards, Local Delivery Ninole Orchard, Inc. 808 -963 -5228 Guadua angu stifolia culms(currently to 3 -5"). P.O. Box 85 JOHN MOOD Atro and Lako Black culms(currently to 2-3"). J1 Ninole, HI [email protected] Also Apus and Atter Poles cut to order to 16 ft. All culms treated and minimum 3 yrs. old. Wholesale, Local Delivery, Ships USA Northern Groves 541 -602 -1315 Wholesale/retail. Visits by appointment. Will deliver locally. J2 81868 Lost Valley Lane Rick Valley Consulting. Oregon Landscape Contractor LCB # 7922 Dexter, OR 97431 Wholesale Oregon Bamboo Nursery 503 -516 -2395 By appointment only. Orga nically grown bamboo for the Portland J3 1960 NW 113th Avenue Adam Williams Metro Area. Local sales only, we do not ship plants. Check our web Portland, OR 97229 [email protected] site for the latest availability and pricing. www.fargesiaheaven.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Takes Credit Cards Our Bamboo Nursery 931 -964 -4151 Fax: 931 -964 -4228 Wholesale grower, $1,500 min order for shipping. Retail, by appt 30 Myers Rd Sue or Adam Turtle only. Also broker. Specialty, stabilized B&B landscape bamboos. J4 Summertown, TN 38483-7323 Consultation, research, speakers. 26 years experience, 300+ species under trial, USDA zone 6. www.growit.com/bamboo Visit by Appointment Only, Wholesale, Ships USA Outdoors By Design 360 -432 -8493 Retail Bamboo nursery, bamboo installation and removal, consulting, J5 221 SE SR 3 Philip Comer and full service landscape design and installation Shelton, WA 98584 [email protected] www.outdoorsbydesign.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholesale, Local Delivery Palm Beach Bamboo Inc. 561 -753 -6630 We provide quality Bamboo for South Florida. We are a Palm Beach 18520 49 th st N Rahn Skipper County Tropical Bamboo Nursery providing container specimen J6 Loxahatchee, FL 33470 [email protected] Bamboos for the Landscapes and Grandscapes. www.PalmBeachBamboo.com Retail, Wholesale, Tak es Credit Cards, Local Delivery Pura Vida Tropicals 760 -726 -4038 Cell: 760 -519 -0397 Retail/wholesale/Deliver locally. Visits by appointment only. Catalog. 1541 Sunset Drive Fax: 760-726-4038 J7 Vista, CA 92081 Bob & Vikki Dimattia [email protected] Vi sit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholesale, Catalog, Local Delivery Quail Botanical Gardens (760) 436 -3036 x204 Fax: (760) Botanical Garden with over 100 Bamboos on display. Retail; Local 230 Quail Gardens Drive 632-0917 sales daily. No mail order. www.qbgardens.org J8 Encinitas, CA 92024 Diana Goforth [email protected] Retail, Takes Credit Cards Quindembo Bamboo 808 -885 -4968 Fax: 808 885 4975 specializing i n the non -invasive bamboos of the tropics. Nursery susan ruskin/peter berg www.bamboonursery.com J9 62-2182 O'uli St. [email protected] Kamuela, HI 96743 Retail Rainforest Bamboos (909) 597 -5316 Fax: (909) 606 - Retail and wholesale sales by appointment only. Will ship 15583 Aspen Court 6390 occasionally and local delivery can be arranged. Rare tropical K0 Chino Hills, CA 91709 Jim Rehor clumping varieties are our specialty. www.rainforestbamboos.com/ [email protected] Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholesale, Local Delivery, Ships USA Redland Nursery 305 -248 -5109 Fax: 305 -248 -2187 Wholesale. www.redlandnursery.com K1 18455 SW 264 St. John C. DeMott Homestead, FL 33031 [email protected] Retail, Wholesale, Local Delivery, Ships USA, Ships Worldwide

RKR Bamboo Plantation 541 -396 -4356 K2 57098 Fat Elk Road Carole Lee & Len Nelson Coquille, OR 97423 [email protected] Retail, Wholesale, Local Delivery American Bamboo Society – Plant & Product Suppliers 48 2009 Source List #29 Roy Rogers 813 -874 -1167 E-mail "[email protected]" for a .pdf listing of bamboos 6414 N. Gomez Ave. Roy Rogers propagated. Retail; Local sales only. Visits by appointment only. K3 Tampa, FL 33614-4227 [email protected] Contact by e-mail preferred. http://home.tampabay.rr.com/jrogers3/RoysBoo4X2.htm Visit by Appointment Only, Retail San Marcos Growers 805 -683 -1561 Fax: 805 -964 -1329 Strictly wholesale. Many specimens in the garden, landscape K4 P.O. Box 6827 Randy Baldwin professionals are invited. Deliver locally, ship to wholesale customers Santa Barbara, CA 93160 [email protected] within California. www.smgrowers.com Wholesale, Local Delivery Shinkigen...a New Beginning 678 -462 -7080 Traditional bamboo water fountains, drippers, and deerscares. Design 3431 landrum dr harry abel build Japanese gardens. Hard carved stone water basins. Bamboo K5 smyrna, GA 30082 [email protected] install/removals. Bamboo construction/craft workshops. Lecture/demonstrations,will travel. 2-4" diam poles. Custom work Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholesale, Takes Credit Cards, Local Delivery, Ships USA Shweeash Bamboo 503 -440 -2998 Wholesale, retail, and mail order nursery. Open by appointment. We Seaside, OR Dave Crabtree sell temperate running and clumping bamboo, and can ship anywhere K6 [email protected] in the USA. See our website www.shweeashbamboo.com for excellent photos and descriptions. www.shweeashbamboo.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholesale, Mail Order, Local Delivery, Ships USA Smith and Fong Company 415 -896 -0577 Fax: 415 -896 -0583 Smith & Fong Company is the m anufacturer and distributor of 475 6th Street Daniel Smith sustainable Plyboo? bamboo products, ranging from floorings & K7 San Francisco, CA 94103 [email protected] plywoods to panelings and veneers. Retail, wholesale, mail order. Catalog available. Accept credit cards. www.plyboo.com Retail, Wholesale, Catalog, Takes Credit Cards, Ships USA Summer Hill Nursery 203 -421 -3055 Fax: 203 -421 -5189 Some varieties short supply Spring 2009. All available Summer - Fall K8 888 Summer Hill Rd Mike Johnson 2009 and Spring 2010. Wholesale, Local Delivery, Catalog Madison, CT 6443 [email protected] www.summerhillnursery.com Wholesale, Catalog, Local Delivery Susanne Lucas, 508 -685 -0342 Fax: none Professional horticultural consultations. V isits by appointment only. Horticulturist Susanne Lucas Landscape design services. Available for educational K9 9 Bloody Pond Road [email protected] presentations/workshops. Manager of BambooSelect US. Plymouth, MA 02360 www.bambooselect.us / www.susannelucas.com Visit by Appointment Only, Services Only TejasTropicals LLC 281 -961 -4777 Fax: 281 -659 -0958 We are a mail order nursery specializing in Bamboo, cold hardy 160 Magnolia Trail David Glover palms, and hardy tropicals. Customers are also welcome to visit the L0 Cleveland, TX 77328 [email protected] farm by appointment. Most of our plants are 1-5 gallon sizes for shipping but we also have some larger specimens. Tejastropicals.com Mail Order, Takes Credit Cards, Ships USA Terra Viridis Nursery 510 -222 -9438 Retail; Local sales only. Visits by appointment only. Will deliver L1 4726 Hilltop Drive Bob Johannessen locally. Other bamboos available occasionally. www.tvnursery.com El Sobrante, CA 94803 [email protected] Visit by Appointment Only, Retail The Arts of Richard Waters Richard Wat ers Fine art and crafts. Hand crafted Wind, string & percussion musical 197 Markham Dr. [email protected] instruments & sound devices. New inventions and ethnic oddities. L2 Gulfport, MS 39507 Batutus(Devil Chasers), wind flutes, Spring Drums, superball mallets & waterphones. Watercolors and giclee prints. www.waterphone.com or www.richardAwaters.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Mail Order, Local Delivery, Ships Worldwide The Bambusetum 910 -654 -4628 Local Delivery, mail order, ship USA, retail, wholesale, by L3 704 James Nobles Road Larry & Ann Nobles appointment only. www.porterswamp.com Chadbourn, NC 28431 [email protected] Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholesale, Mail Order, Takes Credit Cards, Local Delivery Thigpen Trail Bamboo Farm 706 -255 -4901 or 229 -782 -7455 Retail/Wholesale. Growing 100+ varieties of subtropical clumping 6273 Thigpen Trail Katie and Tracy Cato and cold-hardy running bamboos. Container grown plants and L4 Doerun, GA 31744 [email protected] stabilized B&B field divisions. Will deliver/ship wholesale orders. Visits by appointment only. SW Georgia, USDA Zone 8b/9. www.thigpentrailbamboo.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholesale, Local Delivery, Ships USA American Bamboo Society – Plant & Product Suppliers 49 2009 Source List #29 TOO2BAMBOO 407 -620 -7071 We offer local retail sales of potted bamboos at local Farmers Markets 410 Sandspur Road Gretchen & Jim Gorfine and by appointment.Specializing in Tropical Clumping Bamboo.Top L5 Maitland, FL 32751 [email protected] quality Bamboo poles from 1" to 6" diameter.Custom designed Bamboo Arbors(buy or rent). Eucalyptus poles & trellis' www.too2bamboo.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Local Delivery Touch the Earth, Inc. 973 -538 -2218 Fax: 973 -538 -7673 Wholesale/retail, de sign & installation, privacy hedges, delivery, 54 Georgian Road Bamboo Bob Foley worldwide shipping, landscape, consulting, visits by appointment, L6 Morristown, NJ 07960 [email protected] grove mgmt, removal, purchase groves. www.bamboobob.com www.bamboobob.com / idigbamboo.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholesale, Tak es Credit Cards, Local Delivery, Ships Worldwide Tradewinds Bamboo 541 -247 -0835 Fax: 541 -247 -0835 Retail, Mail Order, Shipping nationally and worldwide. Internet Nursery Gib Cooper Catalog and Price list, or send long SASE or e-mail. Plants, books, L7 28446 Hunter Creek Loop [email protected] poles, barriers, fertilizer, tools. www.bamboodirect.com Gold Beach, OR 97444 Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Mail Order, Catalog, Takes Credit Cards, Ships USA, Ships Worldwide Tripple Brook Farm, Inc. 413 -527 -4626 Fax: 413 -527 -9853 Retail - Wholesale - Mail Order - Ship within USA - Deliver locally - 37 Middle Road Stephen R. Breyer Catalog on request. Open daily. Visits by appointment. Credit cards L8 Southampton, MA 01073 [email protected] accepted. Cold-hardy bamboos a specialty - over 60 selections offered. Display plantings. Consultations and lectures. www.tripplebrookfarm.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholesale, Mail Order, Catalog, Takes Credit Cards, Local Delivery, Ships USA Tropical Bamboo, Inc. 954 -461 -7572 Fax: 954 -301 -2497 Retail, wholesale, certified for mail order to most States. Field and 2929 G Road East Robert Saporito container nursery growing mostly tropical clumping bamboos. Online L9 Loxahatchee, FL 33470 [email protected] Catalog. Display gardens with an extensive tropical bamboo reference collection. Visa/MC/AMEX/Discover www.tropicalbamboo.com Retail, Wholesale, Mail Order, Takes Credit Cards, Local Delivery, Ships USA, Ships Worldwide Tyler Systems 509 -239 -4532 Test garden in Eastern Washington. Over 60 varieties. Visits by M0 24714 S. Carman Rd Bill Hollenback appointment only. www.bambooweb.info Tyler, WA 99004 [email protected] Visit by Appointment Only Upper Bank Nurseries 610 -566 -0679 Fax: 610 -566 -0752 Retail, mail order, wholesale. Catalog. Will ship within the US. M1 PO Box 486 Wirt L. Thompson Jr. Media, PA 19063 [email protected] Retail Viewcrest Nurseries 360 -687 -5167 Fax: 360 -687 -121 2 Wholesale, mail order, will ship within US. Catalog on request. 12713 N.E. 184TH St. Dawna Haluapo (Oper. Mgr.) Visits by appointment only. Will deliver. Inquire for delivery areas M2 Battle Ground, WA 98604 [email protected] and charges that apply. Visa/MC accepted. 36+ varieties. 1-10 gallon containers. Larger sizes inquire. www.viewcrest.com Visit by Appointment Only, Wholesale, Mail Order, Catalog, Takes Credit Cards, Local Delivery, Ships USA Walter Andersen Nursery 619 -224 -8271 Fax: 619 -22 4-9067 Large selection of about 60 to 70 varieties at any one time. We are a 3642 Enterprise Street Walter Andersen retail nursery and sell in Southern California, we DO NOT ship M3 San Diego, CA 92110 [email protected] plants. Local delivery (40 miles approx) is available. Some plants are not always in stock. Please call to be sure. www.walterandersen.com Retail, Takes Credit Cards, Local Delivery Whispering Winds Bamboo 808 -248 -7561 Fax: call ahead Wholesale, Re tail Nursery Hawaiian Islands only. Visits by appt. HC1 Box 180 Rich von Wellsheim Plantation of 20 acres with a variety of species and a focus on M4 Hana, HI 96713 [email protected] Guadua angustofolia. We are now selling our poles from our m plantation. www.whisperingwindsbamboo.com www.whisperingwindsbamboo.com Vi sit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholesale, Catalog, Local Delivery Wild Bird Bamboo 360 378 2924 Fax: 360 378 3146 Wild Bird Bamboo is a family operated farm on San Juan Island, W a. 92 Reef Net John Stamey We propagate a variety of temperate climate clumping, mid-size, and M5 Friday Harbor, WA 98250 [email protected] timber bamboos. Our farm is an excellent place to view bamboo surrounded by native habitat. www.wildbirdbamboo.com www.wildbirdbamboo.com Visit by Appointment Only, Retail, Wholesale, Local Delivery American Bamboo Society – Plant & Product Suppliers 50 2009 Source List #29 Wild Rose Ranch 503 -324 -5580 Fax: 503 -324 -3094 Wholesale. Visits by appt. M6 50665 NW Staley Road Dawn A. Soest Banks, OR 97106 [email protected] Visit by Appointment Only, Wholesale Yucatan Bamboo, Inc. 713 -278 -7344 Fax: 713 -278 -7355 Catalog. Will ship worldwide. Bamboo furniture, fencing, garden M7 5 Woods Edge Lane Robert H. Gow accessories, structures. Owner of bamboo plantation employing 75 Houston, TX 77024 [email protected] Mayan craftsmen. yucatanbamboo.com Retail, Wholesa le, Catalog, Takes Credit Cards

Canadian Sources Canada's Bamboo World 604 -792 -9003 Fax: 604 -792 -9004 Canada's largest selection of rare bamboo plants. We are also a major 8450 Banford Road Canada's Bamboo World importer/seller of rhizome barrier, bamboo poles, fencing, furniture, N1 Chilliwack, BC V2P 6H3 [email protected] and other miscellaneous bamboo products. Visa and Mastercard accepted. Retail, Wholesale an Online Mail Order. www.bambooworld.com Retail, Wholesale, Mail Order, Catalog, Take s Credit Cards, Local Delivery The Plant Farm 250 -537 -5995 Fax: 250 -537 -5995 Canadian Mail Order and Retail Nursery. Landscaping Design 177 Vesuvius Bay Rd. Jeff Savin Service. Bamboo, Phormiums, Daylilies, Hostas, Rhodos, Select N2 Salt Spring Island, BC V8K [email protected] Plants and Exotics. Extensive Display Gardens with mature specimes 1K3 including bamboo. On-line catalogue. www.theplantfarm.ca Retail, Mail Order, Catalog, Takes Credit Cards, Local Delivery

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American Bamboo Society – Plant & Product Suppliers 51 2009 Source List #29 Sources by State AL Hollow Bamboo; jmbamboo; Lewis Bamboo, Inc. AR E. Nelson Plantsman AZ Bamboo Ranch; Desert Ranch Bamboo Project CA Acacia Tree Farm; Bamboo 4 U; Bamboo Flutes; Bamboo Giant; Bamboo Headquarters.com; Bamboo International; Bamboo Sourcery; Fallen Oaks Bamboo; Frank's Cane & Rush Supply; Gale Beth Goldberg, AIA; instant jungle; Ken's Clumping Bamboos; Lynda Brothers, Artist; Mad Man Bamboo; Pura Vida Tropicals; Quail Botanical Gardens; Rainforest Bamboos; San Marcos Growers; Smith and Fong Company; Terra Viridis Nursery; Walter Andersen Nursery CT Chris Stanton; Summer Hill Nursery FL A Bamboo Man; Bamboo Collection; Bamboo For You; Bamboo Gardens; Bamboo Orlando; BambooFlorida.com; BeautifulBamboo.com; Bountiful Earth, Inc.; Dunroven Farm; FLUTES&VEGETABLES; green thumb palms; H & H Bamboo; Healing Garden & Bamboo; Johnson Bamboo; Palm Beach Bamboo Inc.; Redland Nursery; Roy Rogers; TOO2BAMBOO; Tropical Bamboo, Inc. GA Argo Bamboo Farm; Bamboo Gardens and Music; Georgia Bamboo; Shinkigen...a New Beginning; Thigpen Trail Bamboo Farm HI Cal Hashimoto, Sculptor; GaiaYoga Nursery; Ka Lae Farms; Ninole Orchard, Inc.; Quindembo Bamboo Nursery; Whispering Winds Bamboo IL Midwest Bamboo Ltd. IN Needmore Bamboo Co LA Bamboo Company Nursery; Bamboo Gardens of Louisiana MA BLACK JADE GRAPHICS; Burt Associates Bamboo; Greentop, LLC; Susanne Lucas, Horticulturist; Tripple Brook Farm, Inc. MD David C Andrews MI Michigan Bamboo Company MO FAST GRASS BAMBOO NURSERY MS Bamboo Plantation; Hominy Farms LLC; The Arts of Richard Waters NC Bamboo Art; Haiku Bamboo Nursery; The Bambusetum NJ Bamboo & Rattan Works Inc.; Landscapes Plus; Little Acre Farm; Touch the Earth, Inc. NY Bambooman, LLC; Hamptons Grass & Bamboo OH Klyn Nurseries Inc. OK Alligator Alley; Bamboo Satori OR Bamboo Garden; Bamboo Guy Nursery; Bamboo oasis; Connor Bamboo; Evergreen Acre; Grassworks Bamboo; McKenzie Valley Bamboo; Northern Groves; Oregon Bamboo Nursery; RKR Bamboo Plantation; Shweeash Bamboo; Tradewinds Bamboo Nursery; Wild Rose Ranch PA Bamboo Habitat; Upper Bank Nurseries TN Bamboo Institute of Tennessee; Lone Oak Farm; Our Bamboo Nursery TX Bamboo Arts & Craft Network; Bamboo Bend; Bamboo Branch; Bamboo Source; caldwell nursery; Carter Bamboo; High Plains Bamboo and Koi; Horticultural Consultants, Inc.; TejasTropicals LLC; Yucatan Bamboo, Inc. VA MidAtlantic Bamboo WA Bamboo Gardener LLC; Bamboo Gardens of Washington; Bastian's Bamboo; Beauty & The Bamboo; Blue Heron Farm; Boxhill Farm; Clinton Inc. Bamboo Growers; Jade Mountain Bamboo Nursery; Marblemount Bamboo; Outdoors By Design; Tyler Systems; Viewcrest Nurseries; Wild Bird Bamboo

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Mid States Chapter ABS Objectives Dan Fox, 901 E. Miller Drive, Bloomington, IN 47401, The objectives and purposes of the Society are: Phone: 812-336-8238, 1. To provide a source of information on the identification, e-mail: [email protected] propagation, utilization, culture and appreciation of bamboos. To disseminate this information, the Society publishes a scientific Northeast Chapter Journal and a magazine. Michael Bartholomew, 750 Krumkill Rd, Albany, NY 2. To promote the utilization of a group of desirable species by 12203, Phone: 518-458-7617 development of stocks of plants for distribution to botanical e-mail: [email protected] gardens and introduction to the general public. americanbamboo.org/ChapterPages/NEChapterInfo.html 3. To preserve and increase the number of bamboo species in the United States. Northern California Chapter 4. To plant and maintain bamboo gardens to display the David King, 480 West I Street, Benicia, CA 94510, characteristic beauty of mature plants and to provide plant material Phone: 707-745-4091, e-mail: for research in the taxonomy, propagation and culture of as large a [email protected] number of species as possible. 5. To support bamboo research in the field and to establish Oregon Bamboo Association whatever facilities are deemed necessary to carry out the research Ian Connor, 4315 N.E. 10th Avenue, Portland OR 97211, projects approved by the Directors. e-mail: [email protected] The American Bamboo Society (ABS) was formed in 1979 www.OregonBambooAssociation.org and became incorporated in the state of California in 1981. Today we have over 1000 members throughout the US and many other Pacific Northwest Chapter countries. ABS membership benefits include a subscription to the Bill Hollenback, 24714 S Carman Rd, Cheney WA 99004 bimonthly magazine, BAMBOO, and the annual scientific Journal, Phone 509-981-0664 BAMBOO SCIENCE & CULTURE. e-mail: [email protected]

www.pnwbamboo.org Chapters ABS has 12 Chapters who sponsor lectures, conferences, Southeast Chapter tours, and plant sales in their areas, maintain bamboo libraries, and C. William King, 7423 County Rd 247, Rutland FL 33538, donate plants to public gardens. Although bamboo seed is quite Phone: 352-330-0766 rare, they distribute seed to members when it is available. e-mail: [email protected] Quarantine Greenhouses for newly imported bamboo species are www.sec-bamboo.org operated by the Southern California, Northern California, Northeast, and Florida Caribbean Chapters, and by the University Southern California Chapter of Georgia and some others, under USDA permits. ABS has Cliff Sussman, San Dimas Family Care, 150W Footill Blvd, successfully established many species new to the US. Some of the San Dimas, CA 91773, Phone: 909-599-9921 chapters have copies of this list available for distribution. e-mail: [email protected] The following list gives the names of the representative or www.ABSSoCal.org contact for each chapter, who can give information about bamboo, membership and activities. Texas Bamboo Society Steve Muzo, 6628 Ruxton Ln, Auston TX 78749-4100, Florida Caribbean Chapter phone: 512-301-2929 Steve Stamper, 400 Pine Bluff Trail, Ormando Beach, FL 32174, e-mail: [email protected] Phone: 386-672-4008, e-mail: [email protected], www.bamboocentral.net www.tropicalbamboo.org Tierra Seca Chapter Hawaii Chapter John Palting, 7339 N. Yucca Via, Tucson, AZ 85704, Lennart Lundstrom, PO box 5913, Hilo, HI 96720, Phone: 808- Phone: 520-544-9169 896-7052, e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] www.hawaiibamboosociety.org Copies of this list are available either from some of the Louisiana Gulf Coast Chapter listed vendors, from chapter offices, or from the ABS Gerald Brooks Morris, 148 Rue Arcadian, Slidell, LA 70461, Membership Office for $5.00 (includes postage & Phone: 985-643-8035, handling). e-mail: [email protected] A membership application is on the next page. Please copy and send to the address on the form. American Bamboo Society 55 Source List 2009 #29

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Table of Contents Page Introduction and Overview ...... 1 Some Common Names ...... 2 Credits ...... 3 Synonyms and Corrected Names ...... 4 Species List Table ...... 6 Bamboo Products ...... 37 Sources by Code ...... 38 Sources List, USA ...... 39 Foreign Sources ...... 50 Suppliers by State ...... 51 Advertising ...... 3-4,36-37,50,52-53 ABS Information – Objectives, and Chapter Contacts ...... 54 Membership Application – Join or renew now! ...... 55