TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Clipping and sorting through 30-foot high plants called arundo donax, neighbors from the Sabino Springs HOA tossed aside the plant into piles. Piles upon piles lined an ...

Arundo donax, or giant reed, grows as much as four inches in one day and tops out at 40 feet. Over the last two centuries, since it was brought here from Southeast Asia, it has taken root in 30 ...