General Landscape Uses: Privacy screen or hedge, windbreak, erosion control, ornamental feature, container growing

Ecological Restoration Notes: Carbon sequestration, wildlife habitat, improves air quality

Description: Clumping bamboo.

Dimensions: Height 30 – 35 ft.

Growth Rate: Fast

Native Range: Southern China

Native Habitats: Subtropical and tropical forests, coastal and lowland areas, hillsides and slopes, riverbanks and wetlands

Soils: Well-draining, loamy

Nutritional Requirements: Moderate

Salt Water Tolerance: High

Salt Wind Tolerance: High

Drought Tolerance: High

Light Requirements: Full sun, part sun

Flower Color: Light green to yellowish-beige

Flower Characteristics: Can take several decades to flower.

Flowering Season: None

Fruit: Dry caryopsis that is light brown or beige when mature

Wildlife and Ecology: Provides shelter and nesting sites for birds, insects, and small mammals.  The dense foliage offers protection from predators for various wildlife species.

Horticultural Notes: Propagated by division, rhizome cuttings

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