Bamboo is classified as grass from the plant family and belongs to the Bambusoideae subfamily. Its stems, like all grass, are hollow and are the largest grass of all others. It can also grow rapidly into a forest without much intervention. It is the fastest-growing plant in the world, with different growth rates depending on its different species.
Specific species of woody bamboo can grow as tall as thirty metres in height and as wide as twenty centimetres in diameter. Some species of bamboo can even reach heights of forty metres and grow thirty centimetres in diameter.
Bamboo requires far less attention than other plants and trees to grow. The fertilizer requirement of bamboo plants is also significantly less.
