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{{Short description|Botanical garden in France}}
[[Image:Bambouseraie_prafrance.jpg|thumb|300px|Bambouseraie de Prafrance]]

The '''Bambouseraie de Prafrance''' (34 hectares, 84 acres) is a private [[botanical garden]] specializing in [[bamboo]]s, located in [[Générargues]], near [[Anduze]], [[Gard]], [[Languedoc-Roussillon]], [[France]]. It is open daily in the warmer months; an admission fee is charged.

The garden contains one of [[Europe]]'s oldest [[bamboo]] collections, established in 1856 by amateur botanist {{ill|Eugène Mazel|es}} (1828-1890), who had made his fortune in the [[spice trade]], and who continued to build the collection until he encountered financial problems in 1890. Although the garden subsequently changed ownership several times, it has continued to be a showcase for bamboos, and today contains around 300 bamboo [[species]] and [[cultivar]]s, as well as other plantings of Asiatic shrubs and trees, ''[[Ginkgo biloba]]'', [[Metasequoia|sequoia]], ''[[Trachycarpus fortunei]]'', a replica of a [[Laos|Laotian]] village, and some 5 km of water canals.

== Bamboo collections ==
* Miniature bamboos (10–15 cm.) - ''[[Pleioblastus distichus]]'', ''[[Pleioblastus fortunei]]'', ''[[Pleioblastus pumilus]]'', ''[[Pleioblastus pygmaeus]]'', ''[[Pleioblastus viridistriatus]]'', ''[[Pleioblastus viridistriatus "Chrysophyllus"]]'', ''[[Pleioblastus viridistriatuss "Vagans"]]'', ''[[Sasa admirabilis]]'', ''[[Sasa masamuneana "Albostriata"]]'', ''[[Sasa masamuneana "Aureostriata"]]'', and ''[[Shibataea Kumasaca]]''.
* Small bamboos (1–3 meters) - ''[[Bambusa multiplex "Elegans"]]'', ''[[Chimonobambusa marmorea]]'', ''[[Chimonobambusa marmorea "Variegata"]]'', ''[[Fargesia murielae]]'', ''[[Fargesia murielae "Harewood"]]'', ''[[Fargesia murielae "Jumbo"]]'', ''[[F. murielae "Simba"]]'', ''[[Fargesia nitida]]'', ''[[Fargesia robusta]]'', ''[[Hibanobambusa tranquillans "Shiroshima"]]'', ''[[Pleioblastus chino "Elegantissimus"]]'', ''[[Pleioblastus shibuyanus "Tsuboï"]]'', ''[[Sasa latifolia]]'', ''[[Sasa palmata "Nebulosa"]]'', ''[[Sasa tessellata]]'', ''[[Sasa tsuboiana]]'', ''[[Sasa veitchii]]'', and ''[[Sinobambusa rubroligula]]''.
* Medium bamboos (3–8 meters) - ''[[Arundinaria kunishii]]'', ''[[Arundinaria anceps]]'', ''[[Bambusa multiplex]]'', ''[[Bambusa multiplex "Alphonse Karr"]]'', ''[[Bambusa multiplex "Golden goddess"]]'', ''[[Bambusa ventricosa]]'', ''[[Bambusa ventricosa "Kimmei"]]'', ''[[Chimonobambusa quadrangularis]]'', ''[[Chimonobambusa quadrangularis "Tatejima"]]'', ''[[Chimonobambusa tumidissinoda]]'', ''[[Chusquea coronalis]]'', ''[[Hibanobambusa tranquillans]]'', ''[[Himalayacalamus asper]]'', ''[[Otatea acuminata]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys arcana "Luteosulcata"]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys aurea]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys aurea "Flavescens inversa"]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys aurea "Holochrysa"]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys aurea "Koi"]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys aureosulcata]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys aureosulcata "Aureocaulis"]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys aureosulcata "Spectabilis"]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys bambusoides "Marliacea"]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys bambusoides "Subvariegata"]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys bissetii]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys dulcis]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys flexuosa]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys glauca]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys heteroclada]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys humilis]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys manii]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys meyeri]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys nidularia]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys nigra]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys nuda]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys nuda "Localis"]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys pubescens "Heterocycla"]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys praecox]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys praecox "Viridisulcata"]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys proprinqua]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys rubromarginata]]'', ''[[Pleioblastus gramineus]]'', ''[[Pleioblastus hindsii]]'', ''[[Pleioblastus linearis]]'', ''[[Pseudosasa amabilis]]'', ''[[Pseudosasa japonica]]'', ''[[Pseudosasa japonica "Variegata"]]'', ''[[Pseudosasa japonica "Tsutsumiana"]]'', ''[[Semiarundinaria fastuosa]]'', ''[[Semiarundinaria makinoi]]'', ''[[Semiarundinaria okuboi]]'', ''[[Semiarundinaria yashadake "Kimmei"]]'', ''[[Sinobambusa tootsik]]'', ''[[Sinobambusa tootsik "Albovariegata"]]'', and ''[[Thamnocalamus tessellatus]]''.
* Giant bamboos (8–28 meters) - ''[[Bambusa arundinacea]]'', ''[[Bambusa oldhamii]]'', ''[[Bambusa textilis]]'', ''[[Bambusa vulgaris "Striata"]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys bambusoides]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys bambusoides "Castillonis"]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys bambusoides "Castilloni inversa"]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys bambusoides "Holocrysa"]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys bambusoides "Tanakae"]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys edulis "Moso"]]'',''[[Phyllostachys makinoi]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys nigra "Boryana"]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys nigra "Henonis"]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys pubescens]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys pubescens "Bicolor"]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys viridis "Mitis"]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys viridis "Sulfurea"]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys vivax]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys vivax "Aureocaulis"]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys vivax "Huanvenzhu"]]'', ''[[Phyllostachys violascens]]'', and ''[[Phyllostachys viridiglaucescens]]''.

== See also ==
* [[List of botanical gardens in France]]

== References ==
{{Commons category|Bambouseraie de Prafrance}}
* [http://www.bambouseraie.com/ Bambouseraie de Prafrance]
* Patrick Taylor (ed), ''The Oxford Companion to the Garden'', [[Oxford University Press]], pages 33–34. {{ISBN|0-19-866255-6}}.
* [http://www.getfrench.com/gardens/bambouseraie_garden2.htm GetFrench.com description]
* [http://www.gardenvisit.com/garden/bambouseraie_de_prafrance GardenVisit description]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090902190147/http://www.bamboosociety.org/bambouseraie150th.pdf Bamboo Society description]

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