Another source also recommends phyllostachys heterocycla, phyllostachys
praecox, phyllostachys iridescens.
I have a small phyllostachys that is edible. I think it is phyllostachys
aurea. The nodes at the lower part are compressed and form a somewhat
thicker and tapered base, which makes the culms useless for most other
purposes. The voles love the shoots too.