This bamboo is a common component of coniferous and broadleaved forest in western Bhutan especially between 1,800m and 2,800m. It is a large Yushania species, reaching up to 8m in height and 2cm in diameter, with internodes up to 40cm long. The combination of a dense ring of hairs at the base of the culm sheaths, very rough culms, and very large spreading antler-shaped auricles distinguish it from all other Yushania species. Lower nodes often have only one branch, which can be up to 1cm in diameter. It is not usually harvested when other species are available, but it can be used for fencing or eccra walling. It also provides areas of browsing for livestock in the

winter. This species often forms dense dark impenetrable thickets where no other vegetation can survive, and it can severely restrict the regeneration of tree species. The rhizomes are deep, solid and strong, so that physical removal is very difficult. In order to suppress it substantially the shoots must be cut repeatedly each summer. Grazing by livestock and burning may also be effective. Areas of forest with large amounts of this species in particular in the understorey should not really be clear-felled, as the extra light may allow the bamboo to prevent natural tree regeneration, so that tree planting is required, and weeding costs will also be much higher.