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Bamboos Phyllostachys

Every rated Phyllostachys record is keep-away — 3 of 3 records, including the genus rated as a group; none is rated fire-resistant. These counts describe the cited records — 3 records carrying 17 evidence rows from 7 cited sources; they do not make one verdict for the genus.

Rated as a group: Bamboo Phyllostachys spp. Keep away Limited evidence 15 sources rate the genus as a whole. Species evidence never rolls upward into a genus verdict, and genus claims never override a species record. ›

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2 species

About bamboos

Corpus context. Phyllostachys is the directory's #342 largest of 550 genus groups: 3 records carrying 17 evidence rows from 7 cited sources, recorded as shrub, grass , hardy across USDA zones 5–6. Those are corpus facts, not a whole-genus flammability claim.

More about Phyllostachys: Wikipedia — external references; not evidence sources.

Where rated bamboos grow

Tagged as growing in 21 states.

A two-panel identification aid compares golden bamboo, a named bamboo comparator, with giant reed. Tall hollow cane is shared. Golden bamboo has shortened swollen basal internodes and Phyllostachys branch-node characters; giant reed has broad cauline leaves and a dense plume. — **FA Exhibit ID-013.** Bamboo or giant reed. Plate and node sketch not to scale. The comparator does not represent every bamboo. Identification only — no flammability claim. Confirm uncertain material with a regional key or a botanist. CC BY 4.0.

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