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but it’s much, much more.
Its stiff, jointed stalks also
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Seven of bamboo's thousand or so species in
clude, from the left, green striped, black, mottled,
golden, giant, square and tortise-shell. The green
striped is used to make paper. The giant can grow a
foot across and makes good lumber. Most of these
species are ornamental.
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stalks ranging from the size
of field grass to 120-foot
giants a foot thick.
They vary in color, shape,
and size, but all feature a
woody stalk. Most such
stalks are hollow and are
divided by joints called
nodes.
Bamboo is hght, stiff,
strong—and speedy. “No
other living thing grows so
tall so fast,” Marden writes.
One species in Japan grew
almost 4 feet in 24 hours. “By
watching closely, one should
have been able to see it
grow,” he adds.
Bamboo typically sends up
shoots every year. The
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emerging sprouts reach
their full size and height m 60
to 90 days. The stalks are
mostly water at this point
and, if cut, would crack
during drying. They are
ready for harvesting in three
to five years.
Occasionally, the giant
grass stops growing. Most
bamboo flowers only rarely,
say every 30,60 or 120 years.
Then-obeying a built-in
genetic clock - every plant of
that species anywhere in the
world will burst into flower.
With flowering, the stalks
die.
The grove lives on because
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