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Chusquea Subtessellata
''Chusquea'' is a genus of evergreen bamboos in the Poaceae, grass family. Most of them are native plant, native to mountain habitats in Latin America, from Mexico to southern Chile and Argentina. They are sometimes referred to as South American mountain bamboos. Unlike most other grasses, the stems of these species are solid, not hollow. Some animals are, to various extents, associated with stands of ''Chusquea'', for example the Inca wren, monito del monte, and the plushcap. Notable species ''Chusquea culeou'', the chilean feather bamboo or colihue cane, from southern Chile and adjacent western Argentina, is notable as the most Hardiness (plants), frost-tolerant South American bamboo and the only one that has been grown successfully to any extent in the temperateness, temperate Northern Hemisphere, with successful growth as an ornamental plant north to Scotland. The colihue cane was used by the Mapuches Indians to make instruments and as lances during the War of Arauco. ''Chus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chusquea Quila
''Chusquea quila'', or es, quila, is a perennial bamboo that grows in the humid temperate forests of Chile and Argentina. In contrast to most bamboos, it grows as a dense, climbing or decumbent shrub. Its aerial culms are solid, unlike most bamboos, which have hollow culms. The quila is the only host that has the edible fungus "changle" ('' Ramaria'' spp.) to symbiosis. Chusquea quila may form pure stands called ''quilantales'' occupying all the understory of a forest. ''Chusquea quila'' and whole quilantales flower every 10 to 30 years (or 18 to 20 years in some accounts). The seeding that follow the flowering has been associated to mice vermin. Flour can be prepared from its seeds and its shoots are edible. ''Chusquea quila'' species have been historically harvested for seed by indigenous peoples. Mapuche and Pehuenche Pehuenche (or ''Pewenche'', people of the "pehuen" or "pewen" in Mapudungun) are an indigenous people of South America. They live in the Andes, primarily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |