Pearson-1989 38 Av.no.leavs and scars 2.64 2.93 2.50 2.75 1.33 % survival 94.5% 75.6% 28.6% 0% 0% The above included 10 long branches up to 19 inches long and 5 shorter ones. Three had dead tips. November 27 - Drove to Villa Traful, then north to Ruca Malen. Three clumps of bamboo in full bloom along the road near the south end of Lago Espejo. They were 50 and 100 m apart. Then no more until near the Park ranger station, where there were 2 more, then no more until one near POrtezuelo. At Ruca Malen the leaves are short-lived: few branches had more than 4 or 5 leaves. Annual production seemed to be 2,2,2,3 leaves. Lots of big erw shoots, a few of which had been broken off and eaten (cows? horses?). Very few dead shoots, and few of them parasitized. Saw small white moths flying around the bamboo at dusk and early morning. Some gorgeous big clumps in this forest, plus medium sized and in places lots of young clumps of only a few culms a couple of mm in diameter. If blooming is synchronous in a forest, all plants should be of the same. These are not. Therefore.... Excavated A small clump aloing the edge of the road a little north of Portezuelo on the Traful drainage. Saved the roots, rhizomes, and lower part of stems to get a relationship between culm diameter and number against biomass of roots and rhizomes.