Colorado Gators Reptile Park
Bamboo is mystical; it’s exotic; it’s strange; it’s foreign. It’ll take over the world! It starts running, spreading and you can’t stop it. That’s the myth.
For some, memories of cane poles, Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, and fishing along a creek or on the banks of a river may be the only real link to bamboo. Yes, those cane poles were native North American bamboo. Canebreak rattlers, the common name for a species of rattlesnake commonly found in North American canebreak bamboo, may bring forth the vision of danger, or the excitement of the unknown.
The truth is bamboo is a grass. It grows from river valleys to the top of mountains up to 9,000 ft elevation. There are over 1,200 species of bamboo worldwide. There is only one species, and one subspecies, native to the United States.
Around the world, bamboo is used for building shelters, for food, furniture, tools, toys, crafts, as wind breaks, to stabilize soil erosion, as food for pandas, as fiber for clothing and bedding, and as an ornamental. Some species of bamboo exceed 100 ft in height, while others are only about 6 to 12 inches tall. Bamboo is used as a ground cover, as hedges, as windbreaks, or as a potted plant on patios.
For some, memories of cane poles, Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, and fishing along a creek or on the banks of a river may be the only real link to bamboo. Yes, those cane poles were native North American bamboo. Canebreak rattlers, the common name for a species of rattlesnake commonly found in North American canebreak bamboo, may bring forth the vision of danger, or the excitement of the unknown.
The truth is bamboo is a grass. It grows from river valleys to the top of mountains up to 9,000 ft elevation. There are over 1,200 species of bamboo worldwide. There is only one species, and one subspecies, native to the United States.
Around the world, bamboo is used for building shelters, for food, furniture, tools, toys, crafts, as wind breaks, to stabilize soil erosion, as food for pandas, as fiber for clothing and bedding, and as an ornamental. Some species of bamboo exceed 100 ft in height, while others are only about 6 to 12 inches tall. Bamboo is used as a ground cover, as hedges, as windbreaks, or as a potted plant on patios.
SPECIES AVAILABLE AT COLORADO GATORS:
Arundinaria giganteae
Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta
Bashania fargesii
Borinda fungosa
Chimonobambusa quadrangularis 'Suow'
Fargesia denudata
Fargesia dracocephala
Fargesia murieliae
Fargesia nitida
Fargesia robusta
Fargesia sp. 'Rufa'
Hibanobambusa tranquillans 'Shiroshima'
Himalyacalamus falconeri 'Damarapa'
Imdocalamus latifolius
Indocalamus tessellatus
Otatea acuminata ssp. aztecorum
Phyllostachys atrovaginata
Phyllostachys aurea
Phyllostachys aureosulcata
Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Harbin Inversa'
Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Spectabilis'
Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta
Bashania fargesii
Borinda fungosa
Chimonobambusa quadrangularis 'Suow'
Fargesia denudata
Fargesia dracocephala
Fargesia murieliae
Fargesia nitida
Fargesia robusta
Fargesia sp. 'Rufa'
Hibanobambusa tranquillans 'Shiroshima'
Himalyacalamus falconeri 'Damarapa'
Imdocalamus latifolius
Indocalamus tessellatus
Otatea acuminata ssp. aztecorum
Phyllostachys atrovaginata
Phyllostachys aurea
Phyllostachys aureosulcata
Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Harbin Inversa'
Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Spectabilis'
Phyllostachys bambusoides
Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Allgold'
Phyllostachys bissetii
Phyllostachys edulis
Phyllostachys flexuosa
Phyllostachys glauca
Phyllostachys heteroclada 'Purpurata'
Phyllostachys heteroclada 'Solidstem'
Phyllostachys iridescens
Phyllostachys makinoi
Phyllostachys meyeri
Phyllostachys nigra
Phyllostachys nigra 'Bory'
Phyllostachys nigra 'Hale'
Phyllostachys nigra 'Henon'
Phyllostachys nigra 'Megurochiku'
Phyllostachys nuda
Phyllostachys nuda 'Localis'
Phyllostachys rubromarginata
Phyllostachys viridis
Phyllostachys viridis 'Robert Young'
Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Allgold'
Phyllostachys bissetii
Phyllostachys edulis
Phyllostachys flexuosa
Phyllostachys glauca
Phyllostachys heteroclada 'Purpurata'
Phyllostachys heteroclada 'Solidstem'
Phyllostachys iridescens
Phyllostachys makinoi
Phyllostachys meyeri
Phyllostachys nigra
Phyllostachys nigra 'Bory'
Phyllostachys nigra 'Hale'
Phyllostachys nigra 'Henon'
Phyllostachys nigra 'Megurochiku'
Phyllostachys nuda
Phyllostachys nuda 'Localis'
Phyllostachys rubromarginata
Phyllostachys viridis
Phyllostachys viridis 'Robert Young'
Phyllostachys vivax
Pleioblastus distichus
Pleioblastus fortunei
Pleioblastus linearis
Pleioblastus pygmaeus
Pleioblastus shibuyanus 'Tsuboi'
Pleioblastus viridistriatus
Pseudosasa japonica
Pseudosasa japonica 'Akebonosuji'
Sasa kurilensis 'Simofuri'
Sasa oshidensis
Sasa palmata
Sasa tsuboiana
Sasa veitchii
Sasaella masamuneana 'Albostriata'
Sasamorpha borealis
Semiarundinaria fastuosa
Semiarundinaria fastuosa 'Viridis'
Shibataea kumasaca
Semiarundinaria yashadake 'Kimmei'
Pleioblastus distichus
Pleioblastus fortunei
Pleioblastus linearis
Pleioblastus pygmaeus
Pleioblastus shibuyanus 'Tsuboi'
Pleioblastus viridistriatus
Pseudosasa japonica
Pseudosasa japonica 'Akebonosuji'
Sasa kurilensis 'Simofuri'
Sasa oshidensis
Sasa palmata
Sasa tsuboiana
Sasa veitchii
Sasaella masamuneana 'Albostriata'
Sasamorpha borealis
Semiarundinaria fastuosa
Semiarundinaria fastuosa 'Viridis'
Shibataea kumasaca
Semiarundinaria yashadake 'Kimmei'
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL ERWIN YOUNG 719-580-2306