Bambusa longispiculata

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Bambusa arnhemica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Bambusa
Species: B. longispiculata
Binomial name
Bambusa longispiculata

Bambusa longispiculata or Mahal Bamboo is an Australian species of clumping bamboo. Growing in wide and open clumps it makes an excellent shelter for waterfowl.[1] It is not suited for harvesting and is very suitable for soil stabilization on dam faces.It can grow up to a height of 10 m, and a thickness of 5 cm.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Bambusa longispiculata, OzBamboo; Retrieved: 2007-12-19