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Bambusa vulgaris, common bamboo
extremely vigorous bamboo having thin-walled culms striped green and yellow; so widely cultivated that native area is uncertain
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Arundinaria gigantea, cane reed, giant cane
tall grass of southern United States growing in thickets
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Arundinaria tecta, small cane, switch cane
small cane of watery or moist areas in southern United States
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Dendrocalamus giganteus, giant bamboo, kyo-chiku
immense tropical southeast Asian bamboo with tough hollow culms that resemble tree trunks
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Phyllostachys aurea, fishpole bamboo, gosan-chiku, hotei-chiku
small bamboo of southeastern China having slender culms flexuous when young
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Phyllostachys nigra, black bamboo, kuri-chiku
small bamboo having thin green culms turning shining black
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Phyllostachys bambusoides, giant timber bamboo, ku-chiku, madake
large bamboo having thick-walled culms; native of China and perhaps Japan; widely grown elsewhere
