Wild urban bamboo

Delbenes · Post by **Delbenes** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 1:19 pm

Mid-August, while biking along the western border of Chicago, I found this untended patch of green Phyllostachys. It looked very thick and healthy especially in this hot summer with its record-breaking drought. The cement alley kept it between the garages.
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Iowaboo · Post by **Iowaboo** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 3:03 pm

Looks like a great bird refuge in the urban jungle.

Thuja · Post by **Thuja** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 2:49 am

I'd probably fall off my bike if I saw something like that. I guess in Chicago you never know what you might see. I'd maybe ask the "owner" for a chunk of that asphalt.