Robert Chehey wrote:
On 15 Jun 2006 08:50:42 -0700, "HumanJHawkins"
wrote:

chinchek787 wrote:
Is this bamboo and if it is what species is it? I found it growing out
of nowhere in my backyard.

It is in the same family, but is not bamboo... This is a grass of some
type. I was about to call it a "common" grass, because it looks a lot
like the native grasses we have around here. But perhaps it is not
common where you live.
CUT

From the looks of the adult plant, you probably have Arundo donax,
Giant Reed.

Bob

I was way off on my first post... Glad to see someone nailed it.
Incidentally, one agricultural site I went to indicated that Arundo
donax is in fact a type of bamboo... I am inclined to believe that the
site is wrong, but since I don't know all of the rules about what makes
one grass a bamboo, while another grass isn't, thought I would mention
it... Arundo donax, at the very least is in the same family with
bamboo. Thoughts?