Cycles Life BAMBOO Publishing Rourke Julie K Lundgren www rourkepublishing com
Grasses America America Antarctica South Australia Africa Asia IT OUT MAP Europe North Giant When you think of grass do you picture a beautiful green lawn Bamboo is also a kind of grass These grass giants can grow as tall as trees and look more like a forest than a soccer field or yard Bamboos grow where winter temperatures are milder More than 1,000 different kinds grow around the world Bamboo plants of all sizes grow on every continent but Antarctica 4
Like other grasses bamboo stems have hollow centers and solid disks or nodes spaced along their length Leaves grow from the stem’s nodes 5
