By species distinction, can be divided into the hairy bamboo shoots, light bamboo shoots, hemp bamboo shoots, bamboo shoots, ci bamboo shoots, yellow bamboo shoots, bitter bamboo shoots, green bamboo shoots and so on, at least there are more than 80 kinds of; according to the seasonal classification can be divided into the spring bamboo shoots and winter bamboo shoots, the common ones are as follows:

One, the hairy bamboo shoots: the hairy bamboo is China's largest area of cultivation and the highest economic value of the bamboo, the south of Jiangnan in late March to the first half of May to harvest the spring shoots The best quality of spring bamboo shoots is dug when the tips of the shoots are just exposed to the surface of the soil.

Two, early bamboo shoots: early bamboo produced in Zhejiang and southern Jiangsu, bamboo culm more than 3 meters high, more than 3 cm thick, there are purple head red and reed head green two varieties.

Three, red feed chicken shoots: red feed chicken shoots, also known as red bamboo shoots, Zhejiang cultivation, bamboo culm height 5 ~ 5.3 meters, cross diameter of about 6 centimeters, bamboo shoots from mid-April to mid-May, bamboo shoots shells brownish red.

Expanded Information:

China's fine bamboo shoots for the main bamboo species are the lower and middle reaches of the Yangtze River, the moso bamboo, Early bamboo and the Pearl River Basin, Fujian, Taiwan and other places of hemp bamboo and green bamboo, etc.. The underground stems of moso bamboo, early bamboo and other scattered bamboo species are deeper into the soil, and the whips and shoots are protected by the soil layer, so they are not easy to suffer from freezing in winter, and the bamboo shoots are mainly produced in the spring.

The underground stems of moso bamboo, green bamboo and other clump-type bamboo species are shallow, and the shoots are often exposed to the soil surface, so they are susceptible to freezing in winter, and the bamboo shoots come out mainly in summer and fall. Bamboo is native to the tropics and subtropics, preferring warmth and fearing cold, and is mainly distributed in areas with annual rainfall of 1,000 to 2,000mm.

The optimal temperature for the growth of moso bamboo is an annual average of 16 to 17 ℃, with an average of 30 ℃ or less in summer and 4 ℃ or so in winter. Hemp bamboo and green bamboo require an annual average temperature of 18～20℃, and the average temperature in January is above 10℃.