-Considered a tropical bamboo belonging to a diverse family of grasses consisting of many species/cultivars. Does best in partial shade or filtered light and regular water.There are two types of bamboo based on their growing characteristics: clumping varieties have short root systems and slowly expand a few inches each year while running types send out underground roots spreading by rhizomes and can spread far away from the parent plant. The latter can be contained by root barriers or in containers.

Bamboo

Bambuseae sp.

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