Abstract: The evaluation on site quality was made for plantations of Dendrocalamus giganteus in southwestern Yunnan Province, China,using quantitative modelⅠand systematic cluster analysis.Site types were classified and the present and potential productivities of plantations of D.giganteus were also predicted based on the classification.The sampling method applied to sympodial bamboo forests was also discussed.

Key words: Dendrocalamus giganteus, Site quality evaluation, Yielding prediction