Species Table
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Nastus
Neohouzeaua
Neomicrocalamus

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					feet meters	max diam inch cm	min temp °F °C	shade sun 5=full sun	Comments - Description	Sources
NASTUS					A genus of slender to large bamboos found from Madagascar to the Solomon Islands. Erect, scrambling, or climbing, many branches at each node.
N. elatus					60	4	25	5	Long narrow light grayish-green leaves, erect new lime green culms turn yellowish with age. From coastal New Guinea. Needs humid area. Shoots edible raw.	E5 G6 K2 K4 K5 M3 M5 N0
					18	10.2	-4

					feet meters	max diam inch cm	min temp °F °C	shade sun 5=full sun	Comments - Description	Sources
NEOHOUZEAUA					Medium-sized clumping bamboos from SE Asia. Culm tips often scrambling. Included in Schizostachyum in some references.
N. mekongensis					5	0.4	40		A small clumping bamboo from Vietnam suitable for low hedges.	D0 D1 K5 M5
					2	1	4

					feet meters	max diam inch cm	min temp °F °C	shade sun 5=full sun	Comments - Description	Sources
NEOLOLEBA					Tropical genus from Indonesia, PNG, & N Australia.
N. atra IRON RANGE BAMBOO					16	1.2	40		From New Guinea and northernmost Australia. Large leaves. May be a Schizostachyum. Tender.
					5	3.1	4

 

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