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Common name
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Controlled (uncontrolled) height
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Stem diameter
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Hardiness
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Comments
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Photo
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| Arundinaria amabilis
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Tonkin Cane, Teastick Bamboo
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20-25 ft (50 ft)
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Running
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2½"
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10°F/-12°C
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Tall, thick-walled shoots with small joints, making it very useful and attractive wood.
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| Arundinaria gigantea
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| Bambusa beecheyana
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Beechey Bamboo
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12-20 ft (20-40 ft)
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Clump
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4-5"
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15°F/-9°C
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Culms have strong arching, give tropical effect. Rare.
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| Bambusa chungii barbalata
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| Bambusa dissimulator
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| Bambusa dolichoclada
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| Bambusa dolichomerithalla
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| Bambusa edulis
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| Bambusa lako
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| Bambusa malingensis
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| Bambusa membranacea
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| Bambusa multiplex
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8-10ft (15-25ft)
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Clump
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1½ in.
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15°F/-9°C
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Shoots have branches from bottom to top. Dense growth makes it good for hedges/screens. Not very common variety.
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| B. m. 'Alphonse Karr'
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Alphonse Karr Bamboo
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8-10ft (15-35ft)
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Clump
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½ - 1 in.
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15°F/-9°C
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Similar to B. multiplex, but shoot have bright striped green on yellow. New shoots pinkish and green.
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| B. m. 'Fernleaf'
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Fernleaf Bamboo
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| B. m. 'Golden Goddess Bamboo'
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Golden Goddess Bamboo
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| B. m. 'Chinese Goddess Bamboo'
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Chinese Goddess Bamboo
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| B. m. 'Silverstripe'
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Silverstripe Bamboo
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| Bambusa nutans
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| Bambusa oldhamii
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Oldham Bamboo, Clumping Giant Timber Bamboo
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| Bambusa pachinensis
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| Bambusa pervariabilis
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| Bambusa textilis
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| Bambusa tulda
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| Bambusa tuldoides
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Planting Pole Bamboo
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| Bambusa ventricosa
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Buddha's Belly Bamboo
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| Bambusa vulgaris vittata
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| Bashania fargesii
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| Borinda boliana
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| Borinda fungosa
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| Chimonobambusa marmorea
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Marbled Bamboo
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| Chimonobambusa quadrangularis
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Square Stem Bamboo
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| Chimonobambusa tumidissinoda
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| Chusquea coronalis
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| Chusquea cumingii
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| Chusquea pittieri
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| Dendrocalamus asper
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| Dendrocalamus brandisii
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| Dendrocalamus giganteus
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| Dendrocalamus hamiltonii
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| Dendrocalamus jianshuiensis
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| Dendrocalamus latiflorus
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| Dendrocalamus minor
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| Dendrocalamus strictus
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| Drepanostachyum khashianum
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| Fargesia dracocephala
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| Fargesia muriela
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| Fargesia nitida
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Fountain Bamboo
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| Fargesia robusta
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| Fargesia rufa
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| Fargesia utilis
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| Gelidocalamus fangianus
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| Gigantochloa albociliata
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| Gigantochloa apus
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| Gigantochloa atroviolacea
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| Gigantochloa pseudoarundinacea
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| Guadua chacoensis
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| Hibanobambusa tranquillans
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| Himalayacalamus asper
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| Himalayacalamus falconeri
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| Himalayacalamus hookerianus
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| Himalayacalamus porcatus
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| Indocalamus latifolius
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| Indocalamus longiauritus
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| Indocalamus tessellatus
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| Ochlandra stridula
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| Otatea acuminata aztecorum
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Mexican Weeping Bamboo
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| Otatea acuminata michoican
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| Phyllostachys angusta
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| Phyllostachys atrovaginata
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| Phyllostachys aurea
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Golden Bamboo
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| Phyllostachys aureosulcata
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Yellow Groove Bamboo
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| Phyllostachys bambusoides
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Giant Timber Bamboo, Japanese Timber Bamboo
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| P. b. 'Castillon'
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Castillon Bamboo
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| Phyllostachys bissetii
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| Phyllostachys dulcis
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| Phyllostachys edulis
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| Phyllostachys glauca
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| Phyllostachys heteroclada pubescens
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Moso Bamboo
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| Phyllostachys humilis
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| Phyllostachys mannii
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| Phyllostachys meyeri
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| Phyllostachys nidularia
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| Phyllostachys nigra
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Black Bamboo
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| P. n. 'Henon'
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Henon Bamboo
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| P. n. 'Punctata'
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Blackspot Bamboo
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| Phyllostachys nuda
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| Phyllostachys rubromarginata
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| Phyllostachys violascens
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| Phyllostachys viridis
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| Phyllostachys vivax
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| Pleioblastus akebono
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| Pleioblastus argenteostriatus
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| Pleioblastus chino vaginata
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| Pleioblastus distichus
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Dwarf Fernleaf Bamboo
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| Pleioblastus fortunei
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| Pleioblastus fortunei
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| Pleioblastus gramineus
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| Pleioblastus hindsii
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| Pleioblastus linearis
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| Pleioblastus pygmaea
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| Pleioblastus pygmaeus
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| Pleioblastus shibuyanus
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| Pleioblastus simonii
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Simon Bamboo, Medake Bamboo
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| P. s. variegatus
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| Pleioblastus variegata
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Dwarf Whitestripe Bamboo
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| Pleioblastus viridistriatus
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| Pseudosasa amabilis
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| Pseudosasa japonica
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Arrow Bamboo
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| Pseudosasa usawai
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| Qiongzhuea tumidissinoda
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| Sasa kurilensis
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| Sasa megalophylla
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| Sasa nagimontana
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| Sasa palmata
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Palmate Bamboo
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| Sasa tsuboiana
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| Sasa veitchii
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| Sasaella masamuneana
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| Semiarundinaria fastuosa
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Narihira Bamboo
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| Semiarundinaria makinoi
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| Semiarundinaria okuboi
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| Semiarundinaria yashadake
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| Shibataea kumasaca
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| Sinobambusa tootsik
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| Thamnocalamus aristatus
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| Thamnocalamus spathiflorus
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| Thamnocalamus tessellatus
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| Thyrsostachys siamensis
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| Yushania anceps
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| Yushania maling
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