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Bamboos are giant evergreen grasses. They are available in many varieties and two growth types: running or clumping. Their heights may range from 1 to 2 feet in the case of dwarf fernleaf bamboo to 55 feet for timber bamboo. Hardiness ranges from -20° to 30° F depending on the species.
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Google PR: What is new is that civil engineering Professor Mark Aschheim and Mark Folgner BSCE '05 have taken the use of bamboo beyond the aesthetic, and have proven the effectiveness of this material as a structural load-bearing element.
Details Hits: 1 Votes: 0 Ratings: Reviews: Google PR: Bamboo is cut fresh and at the nodes leaving one end open. The bamboo is filled with jello or juice and refrigerated or frozen, whichever is appropriate, for at least 24 hours.
Details Hits: 0 Votes: 0 Ratings: Reviews: Google PR: It absorbs water faster than most plants and is used in some parts of the world for cleaning sewage. Even more important, it soaks up heavy metals. It is a potential answer to polluted waters.
Details Hits: 2 Votes: 0 Ratings: Reviews: Google PR: definition of the term 'giant timber bamboo': large bamboo having thick-walled culms; native of China and perhaps Japan; widely brown elsewhere
Details Hits: 1 Votes: 0 Ratings: Reviews: Google PR: photos 2006 [Dec 14] harry-p-leu-gardens : img_0542 << Previous << Kolya next to a small grove of Striped Timber Bamboo (Click on image for larger original version) >> Next >>
Details Hits: 1 Votes: 0 Ratings: Reviews: Google PR: Date created: 28 / 01 / 1999 Authorised by Glyn Rimmington Last modified: 02 / 05 / 2002 Access: No restriction Copyright © 1997 - 2002 The University of Melbourne. Maintained by: Michel H.
Details Hits: 0 Votes: 0 Ratings: Reviews: Google PR: When you buy bamboo, be sure the variety is "clumping", not running, and you are not apt to have a problem. People are intrigued by timber bamboo that are all, I believe, running.
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