CHUSQEUA is a genus of American bamboo that contains about 200 species, mostly clumping mountain bamboos. The solid culms usually bear one dominant branch and numerous branchlets at mid-culm nodes.
| Bamboo Name |
Max. Height |
Max. Dia. |
Min. Temp. |
Comments / Description |
| C."breviglumis" Hort. |
20' |
1½" |
0F |
An unidentified species, formerly sold as C.breviglumis,
closely allied to C.culeou. Many branches per node; one to three dominant.
New shoots are red. |
| C.circinata |
22' |
1" |
25F |
Arching culms. From central and southern Mexico. |
| C.coronalis |
23' |
¾" |
25F |
A clumping bamboo with numerous tiny leaves on
branchlets that encircle the culms. |
| C.culeou |
15' |
1" |
0F |
Hardy clumper from southern Chile, long cultivated in
Europe. Has many branches per node, all equal in size. |
| C.cumingii |
12' |
¾" |
32F |
Native to semiarid central Chile. Coastal range on
exposed slopes. Sometimes clambering. Numerous tiny stiff leaves. May withstand light
frost. |
| C.liebmannii |
33' |
1" |
32F |
Culms strongly arching, sometimes clambering. Lower
nodes encircled by root thorns. From Mexico & Costa Rica. |
| C.macrostachya |
15' |
½" |
0F |
Native to southern Chile where it grows at elevations
up to 3000 feet. |
| C.mimosa australis |
? |
½" |
28F |
From southern Brazil. Small leaves on stiff
branches. |
| C.sp. "nigricans" |
15' |
½" |
0F |
Native to southern Chile where it grows near sphagnum
peat bogs. |
| C.pittieri |
50' |
2" |
22F |
The culms grow up then arch over and hang down or climb
on trees. One of the largest species of the genus. |
| C.simpliciflora |
50' |
3/8" |
32F |
This trailing bamboo climbs and hangs from surrounding
vegetation. |
| C.uliginosa |
15' |
½" |
0F |
Native to southern Chile. |
| C.valdiviensis |
80' |
1" |
0F |
A climbing bamboo from southern Chile, formerly sold as
C.quila. Climbs to reach the light. |
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