"Bamboo is in its own family, related to rice, but since its stalk looks like a tree trunk, people think it belongs to the tree family," explains Sun Cheng-chun of the Forestry Research Institute's Lienhuach'ih branch.
「竹與水稻同為竹屬亞科，但卻奇特地保留了木質化的桿，使大家誤認它具有與木本植物相同的習性」，林試所連華池分所助理員孫正春說。