today i made a nice score but not sure what it is. there is a grove of about 30' big bamboo that got uncovered by a new development. some contractors cut down some culms so i found the property mgr and asked for some root. grabbed the wheelbarrow, hatchet & slammer and dug up a 150-200 lb ball! this is really big stuff for Seattle. the sun exposed part of the culms are yellow while the shade portion are green. can these be p. edulis? any thoughts?

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-alan in seattle
zone8

I believe you can rule out Edulis but not enough data to suggest a proper ID - start with the usual suspects for your area - Bambusoides, Vivax - does not look like Henon either.

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Brad Salmon, zone 5b/6 Southern Indiana
Winters -20 to -25C. Summers 30 to 35C , humid. 115 cm annual precipitation, frost free from May through early October. 259.3 meters elevation. Growing 150+ species. http://www.needmorebamboo.com/

thanks. according to this site
http://www.bamboogarden.com/Phyllostachys%20vivax.htm
it says vivax culms are thin walled. these have walls about 1/2" around a 3" diameter culm. but that some are yellow makes me think vivax.

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-alan in seattle
zone8

I would say probalby bambusoides, as vivax here tend toward a distict yellow. Bambusoides culms always look fresh and green.

what do you think of a preacox, short internodes ???

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I vote for bambusoides. Vivax has a distinct white ring at the base of each node. Way to thick walled for vivax. I don't think its praecox walls to thick.

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David Arnold
Middle Tennessee Bamboo Farm
USDA zone 6b/7a