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The Mother of All Bamboo - Bambusoid Grass

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By Mark Hooten, the Garden Doc

The missing genetic link is found! The tiny little "bambusoid grass" is actually the original ancient ancestor of Bamboo and all members of the Bambusoideae, the giant woody grasses! This plant is the evolutionary mother of ALL modern bamboo's that that has just never really been made available to the general public...
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