Bamboo plants growing on the side of a walkway near a home. - Zetter/Getty Images Bamboo has aesthetic appeal for many people. It's technically a type of giant grass, a relationship that's evident in ...

“Panda candy” — that’s what the National Zoo’s bamboo procurement team told Christian Ostermann he was growing in his yard. Though more difficult to harvest than the other two kinds of bamboo growing ...

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) ...