The bark can be stripped from the trees when they are about 25 years old. They can be stripped each 9-10 years after that. Bamboo Bamboo is not wood because it doesn't contain any secondary growth. In much of the tropical third world bamboo replaces wood. This name applies to a number of species of the subfamily Bambusoideae, of the Poaceae.
New growth is produced only by apical meristems.
This material is both light weight and strong. Even scaffolding for very tall buildings is made from bamboo. Future supplies of wood Previously wood was largely wild-harvested. Today, in Europe, North America and Japan, most of the wood harvested is planted and managed as most other cultivated plants. Consumption of forestry products is high and currently increasing.