Bamboo was once found only in the jungles of Southeast Asia, but the hollow-tubed exotic plant has begun a suburban creep out to eastern Long Island. There are hundreds of varieties of bamboo, some more invasive than others, and several towns are considering restricting whether property owners can plant bamboo.

Invasive bamboo: bugaboo, boon or blight?

Bamboo was once found only in the jungles of Southeast Asia, but the hollow-tubed exotic plant has begun a suburban creep out to eastern Long Island. There are hundreds of varieties of bamboo, some more invasive than others, and several towns on Long Island, including Smithtown and Babylon, are considering restricting whether property owners can plant bamboo.


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