General Landscape Uses: Privacy screens, windbreaks, and ornamental landscaping

Ecological Restoration Notes: Carbon sequestration, erosion control

Description: Clumping, upright bamboo.

Dimensions: Height 30 ft.

Growth Rate: Fast

Native Range: Southern China

Native Habitats: Riverbanks, hillsides, forest edges

Soils: Well-draining, fertile, slightly acidic to neutral (pH 5.5 – 7)

Nutritional Requirements: Moderate

Salt Water Tolerance: Low

Salt Wind Tolerance: Low to moderate

Drought Tolerance: Moderate

Light Requirements: Full Sun

Flower Color: Light green to yellowish-brown

Flower Characteristics: Small, feathery, grass-like flowers that grow in clusters along the culms

Flowering Season: Every 50 – 100 years

Fruit: Dry, grain-like seeds (caryopsis), similar to rice or wheat, rather than a true fruit.

Wildlife and Ecology: Provides shelter for birds and small animals.

Horticultural Notes: Propagated by seed, dividing mature clumps, cutting culm sections

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