Bamboo and Ohias

[Lee M-S]

I was talking to someone who went to China and was shown bamboo plantations; he expressed concern that they were running, not clumping varieties. His host said something like, yeah, they grow really fast and spread; then we harvest them for food and for building. Why would we want a plant that doesn't spread?

Generally, running bamboos can survive in temperate climates; clumping bamboos need the tropics.

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