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Botanical details
- Family
- Poaceae
- Native to the UK
- No
- Potentially harmful
- Genus
Bambusa
- Genus description
A large, vigorous and hardy genus of clump-forming bamboos, native to many parts of the world including Asia, China, the Himalayas, and Northern Australia, some of them reaching heights of around 11 meters. Foliage is mainly green, but the stems can vary in colour from yellow to green to red
- Name status
Correct
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