Bamboo Genera - Bambusa, Olmeca, Arundinaria, Yushania, Guadua, Merostachys, Apoclada, Chimonocalamus, Schizostachyum, Fargesia, Phyllostachys (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 180. Not illustrated. Chapters: Bambusa, Olmeca, Arundinaria, Yushania, Guadua, Merostachys, Apoclada, Chimonocalamus, Schizostachyum, Fargesia, Phyllostachys, Chusquea, Arthrostylidium, Melocanna, Cephalostachyum, Acidosasa, Rhipidocladum, Borinda, Dendrocalamus, Neurolepis, Shibataea, Aulonemia, Pseudostachyum, Athroostachys, Pleioblastus, Gigantochloa, Myriocladus, Atractantha, Alvimia, Brachystachyum Densiflorum, Racemobambos, Ochlandra, Otatea, Neohouzeaua, Dinochloa, Sasaella, Nastus, Pseudosasa, Kinabaluchloa, Actinocladum, Himalayacalamus, Ampelocalamus, Iron Bamboo, Davidsea, Oligostachyum, Drepanostachyum, Melocalamus, Thamnocalamus, Indosasa, Semiarundinaria, Bonia, Indocalamus, Hitchcockella, Thyrsostachys, Decaryochloa, Qiongzhuea, Chimonobambusa, Glaziophyton, Colanthelia, Sinobambusa, Holttumochloa, Elytrostachys, Teinostachyum, Hickelia, Hibanobambusa, Sphaerobambos, Gelidocalamus, Perrierbambus, Oxytenanthera, Greslania, Vietnamosasa, Pseudoxytenanthera, Dendrochloa, Menstruocalamus. Excerpt: Arundinaria, commonly known as the canes, is the sole genus of bamboo native to eastern North America and the only temperate bamboo in North America. The genus is endemic to the eastern United States from New Jersey south to Florida and west to Ohio and Texas. Within this region they are found from the Coastal Plain to medium elevations in the Appalachian Mountains. Its members have running rhizomes and are woody and tree-like, attaining heights from 0.5 up to 8 metres. They produce seeds only rarely and usually reproduce vegetatively, forming large genets. When seed production does occur, the colony usually dies afterwards. Among the distinctive features of the canes is a fan-like cluster of leaves at the top of new stems called a top knot. The genus Arundinaria has a complex taxonomic history spanning over two centuries. T...