Worldwide, there are approximately 1,500 bamboo species found from tropical regions to the snowline of the Andes. Bamboos (subfamily Bambusoideae) are among the broad-leaved grasses (Poaceae) ...

The other day, outside a mall in Jerusalem, I spotted a plant with fine-textured, weepy foliage and thought it must be some kind of bamboo. It turned out not to be a true bamboo, but is commonly ...

When choosing a bamboo variety, make sure you've chosen a variety suited to Kansas' landscape. Bamboo adds an exotic look to the landscape that is unrivaled, but most species are poor choices for the ...

Iowa State University botanists Lynn Clark and Jimmy Triplett and their colleague at the University of North Carolina discovered a new species of North American bamboo in the hills of Appalachia. It ...