Bamboo Garden at Foothill College; Species



		The following species can be found in the garden. Ampelocalamus Small clumping bamboo from China. A. scandens Bambusa Tropical and sub-tropical, usually giant, clumping bamboos. B. beecheyana - Beechey bamboo B. dolichomerithalla- Silverstripe B. malingensis B. multiplex 'Alphonse Karr' B. multiplex 'Silverstripe' B. textilis - Weavers bamboo B. tuldoides - Puntingpole bamboo Borinda Small to medium clumping bamboo from alpine conifer forests of West and Southwest China. B. fungosa Chimonobambusa Medium size, running bamboos. C. marmorea variegata C. quadrangularis - Square bamboo C. quadrangularis 'Suow' Chusquea Mostly clumping bamboos from the Americas. C. circinata C. foliosa C. valdiviensis Dendrocalamus Giant, tropical, clumping bamboos. D. asper Drepanostachyum Medium size, clumping, mountain bamboos. D. khasianum Fargesia Small to medium clumping bamboo from alpine conifer forests of West and Southwest China. F. nitida - Fountain bamboo Hibanobambusa Running bamboos from Japan. H. tranquillans 'Shiroshima' Himalayacalamus Medium size, clumping, mountain bamboos. H. asper H. hookerianus Indocalamus Small size, running bamboos from China. I. sp. "solidus" I. tessellatus Otatea Clumping bamboos fom the Americas. O. acuminata aztecorum -Mexican weeping bamboo Phyllostachys Medium to giant size, running bamboos. P. bambusoides 'Allgold' P. bambusoides 'Castillon' P. bambusoides 'Castillon inversa' P. heterocycla pubescens - Moso P. nigra - Black bamboo P. nigra 'Boryana' - Bory P. nigra 'Henonis' -Henon P. nigra megurochiku P. viridis 'Robert Young' P. vivax Pleioblastus Small to medium size, running bamboos mostly from Japan. P. chino vaginatus variegatus P. distichus - Dwarf fernleaf P. hindsii P. pygmaeus - Pygmy bamboo P. shibuyanus 'Tsuboi' P. variegatus - Dwarf whitestripe bamboo Pseudosasa Small to medium size, running bamboos. P. japonica - Arrow bamboo P. owatarii Sasa Dwarf running bamboos. S. kurilensis sumofuri S. palmata S. veitchii - Kuma-zasa Sasaella Dwarf running bamboos. S. bitchuensis S. masamuneana albostriata Semiarundinaria Medium size, running bamboos. S. fastuosa - Narihira bamboo S. fastuosa viridus S. makinoi Shibataea Medium to large size, running bamboos. S. chinensis Sinobambusa Medium size, running bamboos. S. tootsik S. tootsik albostriata

Latest update: 11/24/02 Designer: M. Quinol Comments to: Garden Curator