Editing Bamboo (section)

==Distribution==
[[File:Bambusoideae World map.png|thumb|left|Worldwide distribution of bamboos (Bambusoideae)]]

Most bamboo species are native to warm and moist tropical and to warm temperate climates.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tcpermaculture.com/site/2014/01/13/permaculture-plants-bamboo/ |title=Permaculture Plants: Bamboo |first=John |last=Kitsteiner |date=13 January 2014 |access-date=28 July 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731051114/http://tcpermaculture.com/site/2014/01/13/permaculture-plants-bamboo/ |archive-date=31 July 2017|website=tcpermaculture.com}}</ref> Their range also extends to cool mountainous regions and highland [[cloud forest]]s.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}

In the [[Asia-Pacific|Asia-Pacific region]], they occur across East Asia, from north to 50 °N latitude in [[Sakhalin]],<ref>{{cite book|last1=Newell|first1=J|title=The Russian Far East: A Reference Guide for Conservation and Development|date=2004|publisher=Daniel & Daniel|location=McKinleyville, California|pages=376, 384–386, 392, 404|chapter-url=http://urbansustainability.snre.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/RFE.11.pdf|access-date=18 June 2014|chapter=Chapter 11: Sakhalin Oblast|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703070054/http://urbansustainability.snre.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/RFE.11.pdf|archive-date=3 July 2014}}</ref> to south to [[northern Australia]], and west to India and the [[Himalayas]]. China, Japan, Korea, India and Australia, all have several endemic populations.<ref name="Bystriakova et al">{{cite journal |last1=Bystriakova |first1=N. |last2=Kapos |first2=V. |last3=Lysenko |first3=I. |last4=Stapleton |first4=C. M. A. |date=September 2003 |title=Distribution and conservation status of forest bamboo biodiversity in the Asia-Pacific Region |journal=Biodiversity and Conservation |volume=12 |issue=9 |pages=1833–1841 |doi=10.1023/A:1024139813651|bibcode=2003BiCon..12.1833B |s2cid=35784749 }}</ref> They also occur in small numbers in [[sub-Saharan Africa]], confined to tropical areas, from southern Senegal in the north to southern Mozambique and Madagascar in the south.<ref name="gorilla"/> In the Americas, bamboo has a native range from 47 °S in southern Argentina and the beech forests of central [[Chile]], through the South American tropical rainforests, to the [[Andes]] in Ecuador near {{convert|14000|ft|m|abbr=on|order=flip}}, with a noticeable gap through the [[Atacama Desert]].{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}

Three species of bamboo, all in the genus ''Arundinaria'', are native to the [[Southeastern United States]].<ref>{{PLANTS|taxon=Arundinaria gigantea (Walt.) Muhl. giant cane |symbol=ARGI}}</ref> Bamboo thickets called [[canebrake]]s once formed a dominant ecosystem in some parts of the Southeastern United States, but they are now considered critically endangered ecosystems.<ref>{{cite web |title=Canebrake Restoration |url=https://friendsofthecache.org/canebrake-restoration |website=friendsofthecache.org |access-date=27 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Shoemaker |first1=Cory M. |title=Environmental and landscape factors affecting the continued suppression of canebrakes (Arundinaria gigantea, Poaceae) within restorations of bottomland hardwood forests |journal=The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society |date=2018 |volume=145 |issue=2 |pages=156–152|doi=10.3159/TORREY-D-17-00011.1 |s2cid=90442090 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Barret |first1=Richard |last2=Grabowski |first2=Janet |last3=Williams |first3=M.J. |title=Giant Cane and Other Native Bamboos: Establishment and Use for Conservation of Natural Resources in the Southeast |url=https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/plantmaterials/flpmctn13727.pdf |website=ncrs.usda.gov}}</ref> Canada and continental Europe are not known to have any native species of bamboo.<ref name=rhs>{{cite book |title=New RHS Dictionary of Gardening |editor1-last=Huxley |editor1-first=Anthony |editor-link= Anthony Huxley |year=1992 |publisher=Macmillan |isbn=978-0-333-47494-5 |editor2-first=Mark |editor2-last=Griffiths |editor3-first=Margot |editor3-last=Levy}}</ref> Many species are also cultivated as garden plants outside of this range, including in Europe and areas of North America where no native wild bamboo exists.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}

Recently, some attempts have been made to grow bamboo on a commercial basis in the [[African Great Lakes|Great Lakes region]] of east-central Africa, especially in Rwanda.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/article/2010-06-06/81841/|title=Bamboo Farming: An Opportunity To Transform Livelihoods|date=6 June 2010|website=The New Times|access-date=2 August 2016|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911011240/http://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/article/2010-06-06/81841/|archive-date=11 September 2016}}</ref> In the United States, several companies are growing, harvesting, and distributing species such as ''[[Phyllostachys nigra]]'' (Henon) and ''[[Phyllostachys edulis]]'' (Moso).<ref>{{cite news|last=McDill|first=Stephen|title=MS Business Journal |url=http://msbusiness.com/businessblog/2011/07/07/mississippi-cashes-in-on-bamboo/|access-date=7 July 2011|newspaper=MS Business Journal|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711132830/http://msbusiness.com/businessblog/2011/07/07/mississippi-cashes-in-on-bamboo/|archive-date=11 July 2011}}</ref>

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2021 Sagano Bamboo forest in Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan.jpg|Bamboo forest in [[Arashiyama]], Kyoto, Japan
Trilha do Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos Sede Petrópolis.jpg|[[Serra dos Órgãos National Park]], Brazil
Bamboo forest in Guangde.jpg|Bamboo forest in [[Guangde]], China
Bamboo Forest, Gochangupseong Fortress, South Korea (2).jpg|Bamboo forest, Gochangupseong Fortress, South Korea
Canebrake in Kentucky.jpg|''[[Arundinaria gigantea]]'', a North American bamboo, in [[Kentucky]]
Bamboo forest along Pipiwai Trail @ Kapahulu, Hana, Maui - panoramio.jpg|Panoramic view of bamboo forest in [[Hawaii]]
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