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American Bamboos is dedicated to documenting and presenting information on the diversity and distribution of bamboo species native to North and South America.

The bamboos (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) are grasses that evolved in and adapted to forest habitats (though some species can now be found in open environments). There are more than 1,700 species of bamboo worldwide, over a third of which are native to the the Americas. One genus (Arundinaria; "cane") with four species is native to what is now the southeastern continental United States.

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