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Running Bamboos
     ● Phyllostachys atrovaginata
              (Incense Bamboo)
     ● Phyllostachys aurea
              (Fish Pole or Golden Bamboo)
     ● Phyllostachys aureosulcata
              ‘Spectabilis’
     ● Phyllostachys bambusoides
              (Japanese Timber Bamboo)
     ● Phyllostachys bambusoides
              ‘Castillon’
     ● Phyllostachys dulcis
               (Sweetshoot Bamboo)
     ● Phyllostachys edulis
               (Moso)
     ● Phyllostachys heteroclada
               (Water Bamboo)
     ● Phyllostachys nigra
               (Black Bamboo)
     ● Phyllostachys nigra ‘Bory’
               (Tiger Bamboo)
     ● Phyllostachys nigra ‘Henon’
     ● Phyllostachys vivax
              (Chinese Timber Bamboo)
     ● Qiongzhuea tumidissinoda
              (Chinese Walking Stick Bamboo)
Clumping Bamboos
     ● Fargesia robusta
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              in Albany, Oregon

Clumping Bamboos

“Clumpers” as they are usually called, have a very dense rhizome structure and instead of spreading outward quickly their rhizomes grow outward slightly and soon turn up and become new shoots. Clump-forming bamboos are usually less than 15 feet tall at maximum height, though a couple can grow to near 20 feet. Their culms are usually diminutive, less than ¾ inch in diameter. Clumpers usually get at least as big around as they grow tall. The root mass may grow to more than 10 feet in diameter. Many clumpers have a weepy look because of the small diameter of the culms. Clumpers have a different growth strategy compared to runners—they send up numerous shoots very close together and grow quickly into thick bushes. The clumper Fargesia robusta even shoots twice a year. Most clumpers do best in the shade.		Fargesia robusta is a popular clumper. the rhizomes of clumpers are tight together like ornamental grasses. Inside a tropical clumping bamboo forest. This clumper is 120 feet tall.
Above and below: The severe droop of so many clumping bamboos.	Fargesia nitida left ragged after winter.
	Thamnocalamus tesselatus clump by a sidewalk.