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Giant Bamboo

Dendrocalamus asper (Schult. fil.) Backer

leaf sheddability

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evergreen
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001733

Definition: Evergreen (plant): A quality inhering in a plant by virtue of the bearer's disposition to retain foliage.

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life cycle habit

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perennial
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0980073

Definition: Of plant duration, a plant whose life span extends over more than two growing seasons, c.f. annual, biennial, ephemeral, of flowering with respect to architecture, hapaxanthic, monocarpic, pleonanthic

Attribution: Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 12, July 2012. Glossary: http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/top/glossaryi_p.html#perennial

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optimal growth pH

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6.5

(max)
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5

(min)

optimal growth temperature

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27 degrees celsius

(max)
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20 degrees celsius

(min)

optimal rainfall

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3600 mm/year

(max)
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1800 mm/year

(min)

plant growth form

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grass
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900036

Definition: whole plant graminoid

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primary growth form

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multiple stems
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/multipleStems

Definition: Plant development by producing two or more stems. Examples: roundleaf dogwood (Cornus rugosa) and red huckleberry (Vaccinium parvifolium).

Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. https://plants.usda.gov/home/help

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rooting depth

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deep (>>150 cm)

used for

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canes
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C79627

Definition: A long, hollow or pithy, jointed woody stem that usually lives only one or two years.

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food
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2095

Definition: any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body

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