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  • Fargesia hygrophila 
                                  
             



Height 3-5m,diameter 1-2cm,Internodes 15-18cm.Culm initially heavily pruinose, glabrous or sometimes having small grayish yellow setae, sheath annulus convex, clum annulus flat, clum bud long ovate,abnate;5-14branches at each node sheath persistent. long triangular, much longer than the internode, sheath auricles absent sheath ligule truncate, sheath blade turned outside down ;leaves lanceolate,papyraceous,6-14cm long,0.6-1.3cm wide, with visible transverse veinlets, Shoot period August. 

Distribution: Yuannan, growing in forest in low wet valley or on slopes, at an elevation of 1600-3000m