What is Moso Bamboo?
Moso Bamboo is characterized by it’s thickness, minimum diameter is 2 and maximum diameter is 6. It has a fairly thick wall. It is fairly straight (that doesn’t mean perfectly straight) although it may have some slight bends to it. The nodes are closer together and more pronounced than Tonkin Bamboo. It is very strong and you cannot bend anything over 2 easily. It can be split in half. No two pieces are the same! The color is tan but the color may vary from pole to pole. The taper varies for pole to pole. It will have some scratches on the pole. At the nodes there is a thin membrane that sections off the bamboo. It is hollow between the nodes. Moso bamboo is the primary bamboo for making bamboo flooring.
