Fargesia ferax

Botanical Description

Fargesia ferax is an evergreen, clump-forming bamboo with short rhizomes and erect, woody stems around 5 metres tall. The stems are around 20 - 36mm in diameter, with internodes around 35 - 41cm long[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of materials. Forests habitats within the range of Fargesia ferax are reported to be disturbed and degraded by human activities, such as: cultivation, firewood cutting and conversion to shrubland and meadows, sometimes even within protected areas. The plant is classified as 'Near Threatened' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2014)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].