Pearson - 1994 21 Anita marked also two 2-yr-olds that apperntly we missed last year. Clump A2 had 38 dead shoots and 9 yearlings. 32 of the dead shoots showed clear insect damage, and 3 did not. Anita also marked two 2-yr-olds. In order to get an idea of the consequences of cutting or fire damage, I chose a small clump 22m east of A2, next to a lenga with three trunks. I cut all the live culms at ground level, but left standing 12 slender dead culms (a graded series from quite small up to 11mm diam at 3m above ground. The live culms consisted of: 1 yearling 14.9mm diam at 3m 4 2-yr-olds 11.8, 14.3, 9.3, and 13.2mm 18 adult culms: 10.7, 12.5, 10.2, 11.6, 8.1, 10.0, 8.2, 11.4, 9.2, 8.7, 12.1, 9.1, 10.6, 10.3, 12.3, 11.0, 7.4, 11.0 dead above 0.5m, and one 13.6mm at .5m which had the top gone but had leaves. There were no dead shoots and no new shoots. Didnt see any new shoots yet nearby, although Anita counted one in A2. This clump seems to be young, maybe had been cut off maybe 20 years or 30 yes ago, or maybe naturally seeded. November 3- Pampa Quemada. While searching for a clump of unburned bamboo to cut off for regrowth studies, found a big clump of very big canes between the road and the forest to the west. The canes were as big and tall as anything at Llao Llao or Cerro Otto, with large long leaves, yet there it was in the scrubby nire/radal etc. Most of the culms looked youngish, with culm sheaths intact etc. Many of the branches with 10 or more retained leaves. On one side of this clump, in contact with it, was a clump of smaller culms that looked more like the typical Pampa Quemada, La Veranada type. No sign of grazing here. Located an unburned clump and cut off all the living culms, 5 dead shoots (3 of them bug-eaten),11 yearlings, most of them 6 to 8 feet tall, and 59 adult culms, some of them up to 12 feet tall. No new shoots yet. This clump is between the bridge at the Vialidad house and the first road into the Pampa north of the bridge. Actually, the clump is on the east (Centro Atomico) side of the road, about 10 m in from the road, 38 yards south or southeast of the first "road" into the Pampa on the west side of the road.