Bamboo: A tree or a grass?

Bamboo: A tree or a grass?

“I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree,” said the American poet Joyce Kilmer. Oak, spruce, or redwood, a tree is a most wonderful thing to behold, tall, mighty, and teeming with greenery. You probably wouldn’t speak as glowingly...
Is all bamboo hollow?

Is all bamboo hollow?

NOTE: This article first appeared in July 2019. The most recent updates were made in June 2022. Bamboo is like no other tree. Of course, that’s because bamboo is not a tree. Trees are solid, while grasses, including bamboo, are hollow. Trees grow taller every...