經濟竹材高效率生產技術探討(Study on the High Efficiency Production of Scattered Bamboo)

Scattered bamboo forests must be moderately tended, harvested and rhizome-generated to maintain higher stand productivity. Makino bamboo (Phyllostachys makinoi) is an important and economical bamboo species in Taiwan, but its dense stands due to disuse become degraded in the past. This study explores harvesting operations to produce and manage bamboo efficiently in the future.
15 plots were set in Fuxing Township, Taoyuan County. Original age structure and growth status of Makino bamboo stands were investigated before selective cutting. Then, selective cutting experiments with different reserved culm distances such as 2.5 m x 2.5 m, 2 m x 2 m, 1.6 m x 1.6 m, and 2 m x 1 m were performed. The growth of new culms will be observed for several years in the future.