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Acidosa
Ampelocalamus
Arthrostylidium
Arundinaria
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| 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. | D1 L7 N3 | ||||||
| 12 | 5.1 | ||||||||||
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| AMPELOCALAMUS | Generally small, tender clumping bamboos of pendulous or scrambling habit, with ribbed culms and large culm sheath blades. | ||||||||||
| 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. | D1 D4 M5 N3 P4 | |||||
| 9 | 0.8 | -5 | |||||||||
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| ARTHROSTYLIDIUM | A genus of clumping American bamboos with many branches, not yet in cultivation in the US. May be a Chusquea. | ||||||||||
| A. sp. (hort.) |
Syn. - CHUSQUEA glauca | ||||||||||
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| 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. alpina |
Syn. - YUSHANIA alpina | ||||||||||
| A. amabilis TONKIN CANE, TEA STICK |
Syn. - PSEUDOSASA amabilis | ||||||||||
| A. anceps |
Syn. - YUSHANIA anceps | ||||||||||
| A. falconeri |
Syn. - DREPANOSTACHYUM sengteeanum, HIMALAYACALAMUS falconeri | ||||||||||
| A. fangiana |
Syn. - SAROCALAMUS fangianus | ||||||||||
| 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. | B9 C1 D1 D4 K2 K2 K9 L7 N3 P1 | |||||
| 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. | B7 D4 F8 G1 I5 L7 N3 P1 | |||||
| 6 | 2.5 | -30 | |||||||||
| A. gigantea ssp. gigantea RIVER CANE |
20 | 1 | -10 | 5 | The bamboo species native to the U.S. Once grew from Georgia and Texas to Maryland and Ohio. | A4 B3 B7 C6 D1 D2 D4 E4 F3 F6 G2 G3 G4 G5 G7 H7 I3 J1 J3 J5 J9 K2 K2 K4 K5 K8 L3 L7 L8 O1 O7 O9 P3 P4 P5 P9 Q2 Q9 | |||||
| 6 | 2.5 | -23 | |||||||||
| A. gigantea ssp. tecta SWITCH CANE |
6 | 0.5 | -10 | 5 | Similar to the species but generally smaller. It differs by having persistent culm sheaths, has air channels in its rhizomes, and can grow in soggy ground. Some clones are deciduous. | B7 C6 D1 D2 D4 E8 H7 I5 J1 J3 J5 K2 K2 L7 N3 O7 O8 P1 P4 P5 Q9 | |||||
| 2 | 1.3 | -23 | |||||||||
| A. maling |
Syn. - YUSHANIA maling | ||||||||||
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