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Bamboo, like wood, is a natural composite material with a high strength-to-weight ratio useful for structures. Bamboo's strength-to-weight ratio is similar to timber, and its strength is generally similar to a strong softwood or hardwood timber. Some bamboo species have displayed remarkable strength under test conditions.
Bamboo contained by an in-ground barrier, shown during and after construction. Bamboo forestry (also known as bamboo farming, cultivation, agriculture or agroforestry) is a cultivation and raw material industry that provides the raw materials for the broader bamboo industry, worth over 72 billion dollars globally in 2019. [1]
Dracaena vanderystii De Wild. Pleomele poggei (Engl.) N.E.Br. Dracaena sanderiana is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to Central Africa. [3] It was named after the German–English gardener Henry Frederick Conrad Sander (1847–1920). The plant is commonly marketed as " lucky bamboo "; this term has become one of ...
Bamboo shoots. Phyllostachys edulis, the mōsō bamboo, or tortoise-shell bamboo, or mao zhu (Chinese: 毛竹; pinyin: máozhú), (Japanese: モウソウチク), (Chinese: 孟宗竹) is a temperate species of giant timber bamboo native to China and Taiwan and naturalised elsewhere, including Japan where it is widely distributed from south of Hokkaido to Kagoshima.
Bamboo forest in Sagano. Bamboo Forest, Arashiyama Bamboo Grove or Sagano Bamboo Forest, is a natural forest of bamboo in Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan. The forest consists mostly of mōsō bamboo ( Phyllostachys edulis) and has several pathways for tourists and visitors. The Ministry of the Environment considers it a part of the soundscape of Japan ...
Bamboo blossoming is a natural phenomenon in which the bamboos in a location blossom and become hung with bamboo seeds. Phenomenon [ edit ] Bamboos usually have a life cycle around 40 to 80 years, varying among species.
黃槽竹. Simplified Chinese. 黄槽竹. Transcriptions. Standard Mandarin. Hanyu Pinyin. huáng cáo zhú. Phyllostachys aureosulcata, the yellow groove bamboo, is a species of bamboo native to the Zhejiang Province of China. It is a running bamboo with a distinctive yellow stripe in the culm groove (or sulcus) that is often grown as an ...
Bamboo yarn can also be blended with other textile fibres, such as hemp or spandex. Bamboo is an alternative to plastic that is renewable and can be replenished at a fast rate. Modern clothing labeled as being made from bamboo is usually viscose rayon, a fiber made by dissolving the cellulose in the bamboo, and then extruding it to form fibres ...