CHUSQEUA is a genus of American bamboo that contains about 200 species, mostly clumping mountain bamboos. The solid culms usually bear one dominant branch and numerous branchlets at mid-culm nodes.
| Genus species | Max Height | Max Diameter | Minimum Temperature | Comments/Description |
| C.“breviglumis” Hort. | 20′ | 1 1/2″ | 0F | An unidentified species, formerly sold as C.breviglumis, closely allied to C.culeou. Many branches per node; one to three dominant. New shoots are red. |
| C.circinata | 22′ | 1″ | 25F | Arching culms. From central and southern Mexico. |
| C.coroanalis | 23′ | 3/4″ | 25F | A clumping bamboo with numerous tiny leaves on branchlets that encircle the culms. |
| C.culeou | 15′ | 1″ | 0F | Hardy clumper from southern Chile, long cultivated in Europe. Has many branches per node, all equal in size. |
| C.cumingii | 12′ | 3/4″ | 32F | Native to semiarid central Chile. Coastal range on exposed slopes. Sometimes clambering. Numerous tiny stiff leaves. May withstand light frost. |
| C.liebmanii | 33′ | 1″ | 32F | Culms strongly arching, sometimes clambering. Lower nodes encircled by root thorns. From Mexico & Costa Rica. |
| C.macrostachya | 15′ | 1/2″ | 0F | Native to southern Chile where it grows at elevations up to 3000 feet. |
| C.mimosa australis | ? | 1/2″ | 28F | From southern Brazil. Small leaves on stiff branches. |
| C.sp.”nigricans” | 15′ | 1/2″ | 0F | Native to southern Chile where it grows near sphagnum peat bogs. |
| C.pittieri | 50′ | 2″ | 22F | The culms grow up then arch over and hang down or climb on trees. One of the largest species of the genus. |
| C.simpliciflora | 50′ | 3/8″ | 32F | This trailing bamboo climbs and hangs from surrounding vegetation. |
| C.uliginosa | 15′ | 1/2″ | 0F | Native to southern Chile |
| C.valdiviensis | 80′ | 1″ | 0F | A climbing bamboo from southern Chile, formerly sold as C.quila. Climbs to reach the light. |
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