Bamboo is associated with climate / places such as China but some varieties grow happily in the UK

filmed in light rain, UK Lancashire, end June
bamboo is a type of grass
I have seen it used as scaffolding in Hong Kong
you can use it to make fire (bushcraft friction fire skills)
you can get drinking water from the sections of some varieties (experts only and only once correctly identified etc)
giant panda's like it

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Look out for that giant Panda