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Susanne Lucas

  • WORLD BAMBOO ORGANIZATION
  • Horticulturist
  • Conservation Horticulture
  • Plymouth, US
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I’ve been collecting temperate bamboos for over 25 years, and I have traveled to many locales to investigate bamboos in the wild. I have experience with identification, propagation, and cultivation, as well as maintenance in cultivated gardens.

Areas of Expertise
Collections
  • Ex situ Collection Type Expertise
    • Living plant collection
    • Tissue/in vitro culture
  • Living Collection Management Expertise
    • Soil management
    • Planting and establishment
    • Genetic representativeness
    • Pruning
    • Irrigation
    • Safe work practices
    • Plant Health and biosecurity
    • Curation
    • Risk control
    • Nursery management
    • Plant exchange
  • Propagation Techniques Expertise
    • Cuttings
    • Layering
    • Tissue/in vitro culture
Research
  • Plant Growth Form Expertise
    • Trees
    • Shrubs
    • Herbs
  • Research Expertise
    • Horticulture
    • Systematics and taxonomy
    • Pests and diseases
    • Invasive species biology and control
    • In situ conservation
    • Ex situ conservation
    • Education
Sustainability
  • Urban Greening Expertise
    • Green space design
    • Urban landscape design
    • Native plant gardening
Taxonomy
  • Taxonomic Expertise (Family)

    Poaceae

  • Taxonomic Expertise (Genus)

    Fargesia, Phyllostachys, Sasa, Pseudosasa, Bambusa, Indocalamus, Chimonobambusa, Pleioblastus, Arundinaria, Semiarundinaria, Thamnocalamus, Sinobambusa, Shibataea, Dendrocalamus, Chusquea, Rhapidophyllum

Geographic
  • Geographic Region Expertise
    • Asia
    • Europe
    • Latin America and the Caribbean
    • Northern America
  • Habitat Type Expertise
    • Montane grasslands and shrublands
    • Temperate broad leaf and mixed forests
    • Temperate coniferous forest
Services
  • Services Available
    • Advice
    • Consultancy
    • Mentorship
    • Partnership opportunity
    • Research
    • Training
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