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Yushania

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					feet meters	max diam inch cm	min temp °F °C	shade sun 5=full sun	Comments - Description	Sources
YUSHANIA					A large group of spreading thornless frost-hardy bamboos from Taiwan, the Himalayas and Africa. Rhizomes pachymorph, often with long rootless necks, but also tillering, so forming spreading thickets.
Y. alpina GREEN MOUNTAIN BAMBOO					55	5	15	5	Native to Africa. It has been used for water pipes in Tanzania. Formerly listed as Arundinaria alpina.	A6 M3
					17	12.7	-9
Y. anceps					12	0.5	10	3	One of the beautiful mountain bamboos from the Himalayas of India.	B8 C2 C6 D3 D8 E6 F0 F3 I0 I1 J8 K5 M0 M3
					4	1.3	-18
Y. anceps 'Pitt White'					25	0.5	10	3	May grow taller than the above. Narrow leaves, weeping. A clone from Britain.	A6 B3 B8 C2 C6 D3 D8 E6 E7 F0 F3 F5 G1 G8 G9 H8 I0 I6 I7 J3 J5 K0 K2 K5 K8 L4 M3 M9
					8	1.3	-18
Y. boliana					24	2	10	3	Pale blue culms, reaches large size quickly. From Sichuan originally, via Fuji Bamboo Garden in Japan. Culms well spaced in warmer climates.	A0 A6 B4 B8 C6 D3 D4 D8 E6 E7 F0 F5 H1 I0 I4 J1 J3 K2 K4 K5 K8 M0 M3
					7	5.1	-12
Y. brevipaniculata					6	0.4	-4	3	Previously known as Y. chungii. Very large auricles. Found at altitudes of 2.5-3.8 km in western Sichuan, China.	B8 C0 D8 F5 G9 M3
					2	1	-20
Y. exilis					6	0.4	-4	3	Previously known as Y. chungii aff. Slender, elegant plant.	D8 M3
					2	1	-20
Y. maculata					10	0.6		3	From Yunnan and Sichuan. Grows in pine forests at elevation 1.8 - 3.5 km. Young culms have fine striae.	B8 D3 J8 K0
					3	1.5
Y. maling					30	2	0	4	The most common spreading bamboo in E Nepal. Long solid rhizome necks. Usually less than 3 m. high. Rough internodes on new culms.	A6 B8 C6 D3 D8 E6 F5 G9 H9 K5 M3 M9
					9	5.1	-18

 

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