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Books useful for identification

A wide range of books on bamboos is now available. The selection presented below are up to date and the identification of species is satisfactory, which is not always the case, especially in older books that have been reprinted. These books cover the more widely cultivated species of horticultural importance. As well as getting most of the names right, these books can tell you how to plant and grow and care for hardy and tropical bamboo plants. The information in them complements the more technical botanical information being made available on this website. Books also have a lovely solid feel and smell that information on the internet cannot provide.

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  Bamboo for Gardens

   Ted Jordan Meredith (2001). Timber Press

     Comprehensive background with descriptions of most bamboos in the US

  Hardy Bamboos: Taming the Dragon

   Paul Whittaker (2005). Timber Press

     Introduction to temperate bamboos with descriptions of species in the UK

  The Gardener's Guide to Growing Temperate Bamboo

   Michael Bell (2000). Timber Press

   Introduction to cultivation with descriptions of bamboos in the UK

  Bamboo World

   Victor Cusack & Deirdre Stewart (2000). Simon & Schuster (Australia)

     Bamboos in Australia

  Bamboos

   Christine Recht, Max F. Wetterwald (1992). Timber Press

     Bamboos in Europe

   American Bamboos

   Emmet J. Judziewicz, et al. (1999). Smithsonian Books, US

     Technical account of bamboos native to the American Continents

  Bamboo World: Clumping Bamboos & How to Use Them

   Victor Cusak & Deidre Stewart (1999). Kangaroo Press

     Cultivation of tropical bamboos in Australia

  Bamboos of Bhutan

   Chris Stapleton (1994). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

   Field guide to species in Bhutan

  Bamboos of Nepal

   Chris Stapleton (1994). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

     Field guide to species in Nepal   PDF

  The Bamboos of the World: Annotated Nomenclature and Literature

  of the Species and the Higher and Lower Taxa

     Dieter Ohrnberger (1999). Elsevier

       A very thorough reference work on names and synonymy (no descriptions)

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My two field guides to the Bamboos of Nepal and Bamboos of Bhutan will be available for purchase on CD when I have converted the files. This will allow updating of names and details and the inclusion of  photographs. Canes are also being added to the Bhutan guide.