[4] It can be found mainly along the banks of rivers and streams and on hillsides, at an elevation of 0–900 metres (0–2,953 ft) above sea level.

[5] Schizostachyum glaucifolium can reach a typical height of 15 metres (49 ft) and a culm diameter of 8 centimetres (3.1 in).

This evergreen clump-forming bamboo shows thin walls, long internodes and yellow woody culms with green stripes.

[4][5] These bamboos have been used in by ancient Polynesians in present day French Polynesia and Tonga for its many uses (baskets, mats, musical instruments, small containers, fishing rods, etc.).

[7] On the French Polynesian island of Mo'orea, thickets of these bamboo are likely the exclusive breeding habitat of the Moorea reed warbler.