Editing Chusquea (section)

==Notable species==
''[[Chusquea culeou]]'', the Chilean feather bamboo or colihue cane, from southern [[Chile]] and adjacent western [[Argentina]], is notable as the most [[Hardiness (plants)|frost-tolerant]] South American bamboo and the only one that has been grown successfully to any extent in the [[temperateness|temperate]] Northern Hemisphere, with successful growth as an [[ornamental plant]] north to [[Scotland]]. The colihue cane was used by the [[Mapuche]]s Indians to make instruments and as lances during the [[War of Arauco]].

''[[Chusquea quila]]'' (in Spanish ''quila''), in contrast to Colihue, has a spreading or vining growth. It prefers wet places and does not grow above {{convert|500|m|ft}}, where ''C.&nbsp;culeou'' becomes more dominant. ''[[Chusquea quila]]'' can form pure stands called ''quilantales''. Very few plants can grow under this species.

In Chile, ''Chusquea'' species have been historically harvested for seed by [[Indigenous peoples in Chile|indigenous peoples]], but the flowering and seeds of the species, is associated to [[mice]] vermin.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Chile: Plantas alimentarias Prehispánicas |last=Pardo B. |first=Oriana |publisher=Ediciones Parina |year=2014 |isbn=9789569120022 |edition=2015 |location=[[Arica]], Chile |pages=150–152 |language=Spanish |last2=Pizarro |first2=José Luis}}</ref>