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The Florida Caribbean Chapter of the American Bamboo Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to gaining knowledge and educating the public on bamboos, with emphasis on research and preservation and propagation of endangered species.
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Consequently, many extraordinary and vulnerable species such as lemurs, giant pandas and mountain gorillas that depend almost entirely on bamboo for food and shelter face an even-greater struggle for survival.
"The form, foliage and bloom of the bamboo give the most beautiful effects in the landscape, especially when grouped with tree forms. They are usually cultivated in small clumps about dwellings in places not otherwise readily utilized...
D. G. STURKIE, Professor Emeritus of Agronomy and Soils* V. L. Brown, Superintendent, Lower Coastal Plain Substation ** W. J. Watson, Assistant Superintendent, Lower Coastal Plain Substation** BAMBOO IS AN IMPORTANT crop plant in the Orient.
Bamboos include over 1,000 species of woody, perennial grasses in more than 100 genera. Most botanists place them in the tribe Bambuseae within the grass family Poaceae, a large family of 10,000 species and at least 600 genera.
Bamboo, common name for about 45 genera and about 480 species of perennial, woody, usually shrubby or treelike plants of the grass family (see Grasses).
MPDFs bamboo supply chain development project in Thanh Hoa Province in Vietnam is showing promising results after the 20 month pilot which ended in September 2006, and support may now be extended for a further 3 6 months.