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Please don't delete this nor flag it for deletion : it's usefull : read the following please !

This is not an observation but a turn around to upload schematic information on what to look at for Phyllostachys (bamboos) identification, so that images posted here are available with a URL to be inserted in article posts and other online tutorials.

It's used at least here : https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/identifiable-phyllostachys-of-europa/journal/94072-a-call-for-better-bamboo-observations-and-some-hints-on-how-to-do-them

Feel free to reuse it !

I made the drawings or photograph and these are free to share (licence : Public domain dedication CC0 : https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ )

1. culm sheath and blade (schematic)
2. what is a ligule / ligula ?
3. width to height ratio (for comparison to ligula)