The Plant

 

 

• Bamboo is a tropical grass with an extensive root system.
• Bamboo thrives naturally without using any pesticides and is seldom eaten by pests or infected by pathogens.
• Doesn't need fertilizers.
• Bamboo plant is used for erosion control, watershed protection, and soil remediation.  It retains water in the watershed, reduces runoff, sustains riverbanks and helps mitigate water pollution due to its high nitrogen consumption.
• Fastest growing timber plant on earth.
• Absorbs 2/3 more carbon dioxide and releases 2/3 more oxygen than any other plant on earth.  Produces super-oxygenated air and perfectly balanced humidity.  This can begin to combat global warming.
• Bamboo can be grown on every continent except Africa.
• Bamboo regenerates (cut one stalk and two will grow in its place) with a short harvesting cycle.
• First plant to grow after the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945.  Bamboo stabilizes the earth with its erosion prevention and restores health of soil by sequestering excess nitrogen.
• Scientists found a unique anti-bacteria property in Bamboo they named "Bamboo Kun".
• Bamboo will not negatively impact our environment.
• Bamboo retains water in the watershed, reduces runoff, sustains riverbanks, and helps mitigate water pollution due to its high nitrogen consumption.
• Species used for Bamboo fabric is Phyllostachys heterocycla, commonly know as Moso Bamboo.
• Moso Bamboo is NOT the Bamboo species eaten by Pandas.