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In southwest Virginia, volunteers work to restore rivercane — America's only native bamboo

America’s only native bamboo was once plentiful along river banks, before making way for agriculture. Now it’s a rare plant, and there are efforts to bring it back.

Roxy Todd of Radio IQ in Virginia reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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