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According to Bailey (Stan. Cyclo. Hort.), more than 200 species of bamboo are recognized, varying in size from a few feet to more than 100 in height. The tender, young shoot growth of many of these species is used as food, in the United States mainly in Chinese dishes.
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Bamboo is generally grown as a living fence; the shoots are used as food and culms as building material and also for making handicrafts. The lack of income from agricultural crops during the rainy season is compensated by bamboo.
Bamboo is useful in many ways, and its value as a "vegetable" should be discussed. Bamboos are woody stemmed perennial grasses, usually evergreen where adapted. There are 700 or more species of bamboo, ranging in height from 1 to 100 feet or more. In the U.S.
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A variety trial was established at the Washington State University Puyallup Research and Extension Center in the spring of 2001. The purpose of this study is to determine the adaptability of the varieties for shoot and pole production in Western Washington.
Growing Ornamental Bamboo 1978 -- Revised by Adamson, Charles, SEA Research Plant Geneticist U.S. Plant Introduction Station Savannah, GA Science and Education Administration Home and Garden Bulletin 76, USDA.