Bamboo is one of the oldest building materials known to man, widely used in East Asia and the South Pacific. Oddly, it has had only a limited history of commercial use in the United States. Due to its unique natural aspects and structural capabilities, Bamboo has been used to build fences, houses, and furniture, and has even been known to hold up suspension bridges.
Bamboo is very much like wood, but it is not a wood specie. It is a tree-like grass that grows extremely fast, one of the fastest growing plants in the world.