To provide composite panels and pulp which are produced from Arundo donax (a type of grass).

Arundo donax is comminuted (20) to a suitable size, combined with a binder (40, 50), and consolidated (80) into panels that meet standards for construction and/or furniture grade panels, through mat forming (60) and prepress (70) processes. Comminuted Arundo donax is treated, in conventional pulping processes, to produce a high tensile strength pulp having a lighter color than wood pulp.