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Himalayacalamus

Himalayacalamus
Photo: Quinn Dombrowski, CC BY-SA 2.0
Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass

About

Himalayacalamus is an Asian genus of mountain clumping bamboo in the grass family. Species members are found growing at lower altitudes of the Himalaya in Bhutan, Tibet, India, and Nepal.

The genus is often confused with Drepanostachyum. That genus, however, features plants of many equal branches, Himalayacalamus species have one dominant branch.

Other Himalayacalamus plants

Himalayacalamus asper · Blue Bamboo

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Himalayacalamus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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