Moso bamboo

Phyllostachys edulis

Also calledMáozhú 毛竹 (Chinese) · Mōsōchiku 孟宗竹 (Japanese) · Maengjongjuk 맹종죽 (Korean) · Bambú moso (Spanish)

A grass that grows into a forest. Moso shoots can push up close to a metre a day and reach full height of 20 m or more in a couple of months. It is China's most important timber bamboo, used for scaffolding, flooring, textiles and the spring shoots of East Asian cooking.

Phyllostachys edulis, the mōsō bamboo, or tortoise-shell bamboo, or mao zhu, , is a temperate species of giant timber bamboo native to China and Taiwan and naturalised elsewhere, including Japan where it is widely distributed from south of Hokkaido to Kagoshima. The edulis part of the Latin name refers to its edible shoots. This bamboo can reach heights of up to 28 m (92 ft). This particular species of bamboo is the most common species used in the bamboo textile industry of China and other countries, for the production of rayon. Moso is less cold-hardy than many Phyllostachy, surviving at a reduced height down to −15 °C (5 °F). Wikipedia