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the true grass family poaceae , occurring primarily in tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions in asia, africa, and the americas. bamboo are distributed among more than genera in the subfamily bambusoideae and the tribe bambuseae. the term also is used for the woody stems of these grasses, which
in sub- saharan africa , and in the americas, where their range extends from the southeast of the u.s. to their most southerly limit at °s latitude in chile . [ ] major areas with no native bamboos include europe, north africa, western asia, canada , most of australia , and antarctica . many bamboos...
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on the rigors of local climate, a plant that is a perennial in its native habitat, or in a milder garden, may be treated by a gardener as an annual and planted out every year, from seed, from cuttings or from divisions. tomato vines, for example, live several years in their natural tropical/subtropical
which retain a vestigial woody structure in winter, e.g. penstemon . the local climate may dictate whether plants are treated as shrubs or perennials. for instance, many varieties of fuchsia are shrubs in warm regions, but in colder temperate climates may be cut to the ground every year as a result...
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