Species Table
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Note: the heading for each table contains a link to additional information. The Sources links will take you to the contact information for the growers who usually, or sometimes, carry that species.

Acidosa
Ampelocalamus
Arthrostylidium
Arundinaria

 

					feet meters	max diam inch cm	min temp °F °C	shade sun 5=full sun	Comments - Description	Sources
ACIDOSASA					A genus of bamboos native to south coastal China; shoots are sour.
A. edulis					40	2		5	Culms green, glabrous. Sheath turns from green to brown. Shoots said to be delicious.	D0 K0
					12	5.1

					feet meters	max diam inch cm	min temp °F °C	shade sun 5=full sun	Comments - Description	Sources
AMPELOCALAMUS					Tender clumping bamboos of pendulous or scrambling habit, with ribbed culms and large culm sheath blades, from China to Nepal.
A. scandens					30	0.3	23	3	Very pendulous or somewhat scrambling. Culms have slightly swollen nodes. Many subequal branches, central branches rarely as large as culm.	D0 D3 K5 M3 M5
					9	0.8	-5

					feet meters	max diam inch cm	min temp °F °C	shade sun 5=full sun	Comments - Description	Sources
ARUNDINARIA					Genus of small to medium size hardy running bamboos, with numerous branches at each node and persistent culm sheaths. New shoots in spring. Most species have been moved to other genera.
A. appalachiana Hill Cane					6				Recently Identified bamboo native to the U.S. Deciduous	K0 M1
					2
A. funghomii					30	1.1	0	4	New culms covered with a gray bloom for most of first year. Handsome, grows about 4 ft tall in cold climates. May be a synonym for Pseudosasa cantori.	C0 C1 D0 D3 F1 I7 J5 K0 L4 M1
					9	2.8	-18
A. gigantea 'Macon' MACON RIVERCANE					20	1	-22	5	More upright and hardier than the species; reported to stay evergreen with minor leaf burn only.	B8 D3 F0 F3 F5 H4 K0 M1
					6	2.5	-30
A. gigantea RIVER CANE					20	1	-10	5	Native to the U.S. Once grew from Georgia and Texas to Maryland and Ohio.	A3 B3 B8 C6 D0 D1 D3 D8 E5 E8 F4 F5 F6 F7 G8 H2 H8 I0 I1 I5 I7 I9 J0 J4 J6 J7 J8 K0 L4 L5 M0 M2 M3 M4 M7 M9
					6	2.5	-23
A. tecta SWITCH CANE					6	0.5	-10	5	Similar to A. gigantea but generally smaller. It differs by having persistent culm sheaths, has air channels in its rhizomes, and can grow in soggy ground.	A5 B8 C6 D0 D1 D3 F4 F5 F9 G8 H4 H8 I0 I1 I7 J8 K0 L9 M1 M3 M4
					2	1.3	-23

 

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