Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society
Table 1 The phenological period and sampling time of F. yunnanensis
Sampling time | Season | Germinating time | Age (months) | Phenology of bamboo clump |
|---|---|---|---|---|
01, 2013 | Winter/dry season (dormant stage) | 09, 2012 | 4 (1-year-old culm) | New culms enclosed with culm sheaths with no branches and leaves were dormant from November until the end of next April |
09, 2011 | 16 (2-year-old culm) | |||
09, 2010 | 28 (3-year-old culm) | |||
05, 2013 | Spring/dry season (branching and leafing stage) | 09, 2012 | 8 (1-year-old culm) | New culms began branching and leafing from May to the middle of June. Shoot buds began to form at the same stage |
09, 2011 | 20 (2-year-old culm) | |||
09, 2010 | 32 (3-year-old culm) | |||
– | 0 (Shoot buds in soil) | |||
08, 2013 | Summer/rainy season (before shooting) | 09, 2012 | 11 (1-year-old culm) | The shoot buds continued forming and developing until the middle of September. A few shoots began growing out of the ground |
09, 2011 | 23 (2-year-old culm) | |||
09, 2010 | 35 (3-year-old culm) | |||
10, 2013 | Summer/rainy season (shooting stage) | 09, 2013 | 0.5 (Shoots) | Most of shoots grew out of the ground constantly from the middle of September to the middle of October |
10, 2013 | 1 (Young culm) | The 1st internodes of most shoots had stopped their elongation in the middle of October | ||
11, 2013 | Autumn/dry season (after shooting) | 09, 2012 | 14 (1-year-old culm) | Shooting stage was completed and most shoots had finished their height growth and went into dormancy until May of next year |
09, 2011 | 26 (2-year-old culm) | |||
09, 2010 | 38 (3-year-old culm) |