Subject: !!!!Bamboo??????

From: [email-masked] (EVAN PAUL ROY)
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 18:53:23 GMT

I had to cut down a bunch of vegetation the other day at work.It was 
bamboolike ,hollow,had heart shaped leaves and was at least 7 or 8 ft. 
tall.Any one have any names Latin or otherwise.thanx in advance!!

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From: [email-masked] (Richard Martin)
Date: 13 Sep 95 22:37:48 GMT

>tall.Any one have any names Latin or otherwise.thanx in advance!!

I got a bit-o-root of the stuff a while back. Although i cannot think of 
the name right now (I will post it when I get home), I can fill you in on 
some other details. Its great because in the spring (here in Winnipeg, 
anyways) it grows up to six inches a day from the soil until it reaches 
8-12 feet (or higher!). From one little pieice of root (rhyzome) it 
started taking over my whole front yard! BUT, the best thing about it is 
becuase it is hollow in the centre, and it dies every year, I cut it off, 
dry it out, and use it as stakes in my garden the next year. 

Also, if you really hate a neighbor, plant a bit of root in his/her yard, 
and watch it take over their yard too  :) 

Just a bit of trivia from the Saskatoon Berry King.

Richard
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From: @unbc.edu
Date: 13 Sep 1995 20:13:16 GMT

Ah!  I know the stuff.. but, the name is not in my memory banks... when the stems 
are dry, you can engineer a recorder-like instrument... you should try it... 
can't think of the darned name... will try to find it...

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From: [email-masked] (Gene Newcomb)
Date: 14 Sep 1995 15:07:16 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>, [email-masked] says...
>tall.Any one have any names Latin or otherwise.thanx in advance!!
	Your description isn't too precise, but I would guess that you 
are fighting Polygonum cuspidatum or Japanese knotweed or Mexican bamboo. 
'Hortus Third' describes it as:
	Per., fro vigorous rhizome to 8 ft.; lvs. elliptic to nearly 
	orbicular, to 5 in. long, abruptly pointed;... Japan; often 
becomes weedy.
	It will die down in the winter, but come up with full vigor next 
spring.
- gene (Gene Newcomb - Department of Botany & Plant Pathology, Oregon 
State University, Corvallis, Oregon USA)