Bamboo

Bamboo is a unique and extraordinary plant.

Bamboo paper is used

by many artists.

Bamboo is used to

make houses, such as this.

Bamboo has even been seen to grow more than 3 feet in a day!

Bamboo

In Asia, young bamboo like this is eaten.

is very useful.

Bamboo grows so

quickly, sometimes you can even see it growing.

Bamboo

grows quickly

and lives long.

Only in thirty years,

when bamboo flowers,

does it die.

Bamboo is used

for the same

things wood

is used for.

Bamboo seems

like wood, but

it's actually grass.

Flowering bamboo

Bamboo is

hard like

wood.

live bamboo

Even though it seems like wood, bamboo is related to oats, wheat, and barley