Bamboo

Description:

This is one of many bamboo stands on a private farm. These speciman's reached about 60' tall

Habitat:

Tropical wet forest in SW Costa Rica

Notes:

Costa Rica is the country with the largest woody bamboo diversity in Central America. At present, 8 genera and 39 species of woody bamboos are reported. The majority of the Costa Rican native woody bamboos (54%) belong to the genus Chusquea, and the rest belong to the genera Arthrostylidium, Rhipidocladum, Guadua, Aulonemia, Elytrostachys, Merostachys and Neurolepis.