Bamboos recommended for their exceptional hardiness

Timber Bamboo  (Phyllostachys)   
30 to 70 ft. tall
Mid-sized Bamboo (Phyllostachys)
15 to 30 ft tall
Cold-hardy Clumping Bamboo       
6 to 25 ft. tall
Cold-sensitive Clumping Bamboo
 6 to 50 ft. tall
Other Running Bamboo               
6 to 25 ft. tall
Small Running Bamboo                
1 to 8 ft. tall
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These are temperatures at which the bamboo should have little or no damage
when exposed for a short period of time. Winds or prolonged cold spells can cause more
significant damage to culms and foliage.
The root mass often will survive colder
temperatures, even if the culms die back to the ground, sending up healthy new shoots
the following spring.
  Many groundcover bamboos (not mentioned in this list),
although top-hardy to near 0° F, are root hardy well below 0° F.

In approximate order of hardiness:

Name                                                Min. temperature for top hardiness

Fargesia murielae (clumping) -20° F
Fargesia nitida (clumping) -20° F
Fargesia sp. 'Jiuzhaigou'  (clumping) -20° F
Fargesia sp. 'Rufa' (clumping) -15° F
Phyllostachys nuda -15° F
Fargesia sp. 'Scabrida' (clumping) -10° F
Phyllostachys aureosulcata -10° F
Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Aureocaulis' -10° F
Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Harbin' -10° F
Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Harbin Inversa' -10° F
Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Spectabilis' -10° F
Phyllostachys atrovaginata -10° F
Phyllostachys bissetii -10° F
Phyllostachys decora -10° F
Phyllostachys stimulosa -10° F
Phyllostachys vivax 'Huangwenzhu' -10° F
Fargesia dracocephala (clumping) -10° F
Fargesia denudata (clumping) -10° F
Arundinaria gigantea -5° F
Sasa oshidensis -5° F
Sasamorpha borealis -5° F
Indocalamus tessellatus -5° F
Phyllostachys heteroclada 'Solid Stem' -5° F
Phyllostachys vivax -5° F
Phyllostachys vivax 'Aureocaulis' -5° F
Phyllostachys vivax 'Huangwenzhu Inversa' -5° F
Pleioblastus shibuyanus 'Tsuboi' -5° F
Semiarundinaria fastuosa -5° F
Semiarundinaria fastuosa 'Viridis' -5° F
Shibataea chinensis -5° F
Shibataea kumasaca -5° F

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