growing at every node. It can be distinguished quickly from Yushania microphylla, another common spreading species with which it is often found, by the absence of any thick transparent band along one edge of its leaves. It also has fewer, stronger, less scabrous bristles on the leaf sheath auricles. New culms are always smooth, without any roughness or wax below the nodes. This species is usually too small to shade out tree regeneration, and tends to form more open stands than Yushania species. It is important for grazing of livestock, and for wildlife, and may also be used for making arrows, brushes and drinking straws.
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