Meet me
Bamboo
Dendrocalamus hamiltonii
Not a tree at all — bamboo is a giant grass, and one of the fastest growing plants on Earth.
Doing okay
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Where I live
0 m300–2000 m8,848 m
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My story
- 01Some bamboos grow almost a metre in a single day.
- 02A bamboo clump may flower only once in fifty years — and then every plant of that kind flowers at the same time, all across the country.
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What’s happening to me
Landslides
How serious2/5Bamboo roots actually hold hillsides together, so losing bamboo makes landslides worse — the damage runs both ways.
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How you can help me
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For grown-ups
- Scientific name
- Dendrocalamus hamiltonii
- Family
- Poaceae