Bamboo for harvesting.
This species occupies 53 per cent of total bamboo area in India. This is one of the predominant species of bamboo in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal and Western Ghats. Widely distributed in India in semi dry and dry zone along plains and hilly tracts usually up to an altitude of 1000 m., also commonly cultivated throughout the plains and foot hills. D. strictus is widely adaptable to temperatures as low as -5oC and as high as 45oC. This species is mainly found in drier open deciduous forests in hill slopes, ravines and alluvial plains. It prefers well-drained, poor, coarse, grained and stony soils. It occurs naturally in tracts receiving as low as 750 mm of rainfall and also in extensive gregarious patches or as an understorey in mixThis species is one of the two most important bamboos in India. It is found suitable for reclamation of ravine land. It is extensively used as raw material in paper mills and also for a variety of purposes such as construction, agricultural implements, musical instruments, furniture etc. ed forests and teak plantations. |
