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Oldeania alpina, the African alpine bamboo, [1] is a perennial [3] bamboo of the family Poaceae and the genus Oldeania. [1] It can be found growing in dense but not large stands [ 4 ] on the mountains and volcanoes surrounding the East African Rift [ 1 ] between 2,500 meters (8,200 feet) [ 4 ] and 3,300 meters (11,000 feet) elevation.
Arundinaria is a genus of bamboo in the grass family the members of which are referred to generally as cane. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Arundinaria is the only bamboo native to North America, with a native range from Maryland south to Florida and west to the southern Ohio Valley and Texas .
From 2500 to 3200 m Arundinaria alpina (bamboo) forest occurs, covering about 30% of the park area. From 2600 to 3600 m, mainly on the more humid slopes in the south and west, is Hagenia-Hypericum forest, which covers about 30% of the park.
Yushania is a genus of bamboo in the grass family. [4] [5]Recent classification systems place Yushania in the tribe Arundinarieae. [6]The species of Yushania are evergreen, spreading, thornless bamboos native to Himalayan, African, Chinese, and Southeast Asian mountains at moderate to high altitudes, up to 3000 m.
Cane is any of various tall, perennial grasses with flexible, woody stalks from the genera Arundinaria, [1] and Arundo. Scientifically speaking, they are either of two genera from the family Poaceae. [citation needed] The genus Arundo is native from the Mediterranean Basin to the Far East. The genus Arundinaria is a bamboo (Bambuseae) found
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Bamboo shoots of A. alpina are also eaten in higher elevations, including from two bamboo forests about 80 km. apart, both areas at higher elevations than the surrounding land. [30] [29] One is on a mountain south of Mizan Teferi, the other is on the higher elevations near Maasha, between the cities of Tepi and Gore.
Arundinarieae is a tribe of bamboo in the grass family containing a single subtribe, Arundinariinae, and 31 genera. [1] These woody bamboos occur in areas with warm temperate climates in southeastern North America, Subsaharan Africa, South Asia and East Asia.