The rare, once-in-a-century large-scale flowering of a dwarf bamboo species may trigger a population boom of the Japanese field mice, leading to forestry damage and disease outbreaks, according to a ...

A research group from Nagoya University in Japan has found that an event that occurs only once every 120 years, the large-scale flowering, seeding, and dying of dwarf bamboo (Sasa borealis), provides ...

Researchers have discovered several factors that affect field mouse behavior using seeds from dwarf bamboo plants, a plant that flowers once in a century. Their findings not only suggest the ...

Plant the right bamboo and you can create an attractive privacy screen in your yard. Plant the wrong one and you can have a nightmare on your hands. Among the more than 1,400 species of bamboo, some ...

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Versatile and attractive year-round, heavenly bamboo has carved out its place in Northwest gardens. No need to fear Nandina , either. Although it resembles bamboo – hence, its name -- it belongs to ...

Bamboo holds the Guinness World Record for the fastest-growing plant, and some species can shoot up to nearly 3 feet in just one day. Its rapid growth rate makes it a favorite for quick privacy fences ...

The glorious fall weather calls to me to spend more time outside. Not all of that time should be spent pulling weeds, though that is a therapeutic activity. Some of the time must be spent simply doing ...

An event that occurs only once every 120 years, the large-scale flowering, seeding, and dying of dwarf bamboo (Sasa borealis), has been found to provide ideal breeding conditions for Japanese field ...

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