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On the Web
- The Florida Caribbean Chapter of the American Bamboo Society - Dedicated to educating the public on bamboos. Site features background and use information, tabular information on bamboo species, and list of plant sources and bamboo links.
- Bamboo Society of Australia - Seeks to promote all aspects of bamboo interest in Australia. Information about membership, publications, bamboo mosaic virus, list of nurseries, and photo albums.
- Bamboo of the Americas - Enhance the awareness of bamboo in the Americas while attaining environmental objectives. Collects and propagates native bamboo.
- New Zealand Bamboo Society - Aims to promote the propagation and use of bamboo in sustainable ways. General information, news, members' sites, and photo page.
- Gardenweb: Ornamental Grasses Forum - For the discussion of ornamental grasses, as well as sedges and rushes and other grass-like plants.
- Maas Nursery: Bamboo - Houston nursery does not offer online shopping, but this bamboo information page presents a useful overview of bamboo care and descriptions of many species and varieties.
- Bamboo Source - Information about bamboo, including photo gallery, links to public gardens and bamboo societies, and uses for bamboo.
- European Bamboo Society - Informal federation of national European bamboo societies, each of which has its own administration and membership. Links to the national societies and other bamboo resources, and hosts pages for societies without a separate website.
- Southeast Chapter American Bamboo Society, Inc. - Organized for charitable, educational and scientific purposes. Presents educational programs, meetings, classes and maintains a lending library. Makes grants for publishing and research on bamboo.
- Bamboo: Remarkable Giant Grasses - Features information about bamboo and related species as economic resources. Discover information on how the species is used for construction, photos and references cited.
Wikipedia Articles
- Whangee - Whangee refers to any of over forty Asian grasses of the genus Phyllostachys, once mistakenly classified as bamboos. They are a hardy evergreen plant from Japan, China and the Himalayas whose woody stems are sometimes used to make canes and umbrella handles.