Question

Write the name of a tree belonging to grass species,which blows in once at every 50 to 100 years.

Answer 1

Explanation:

a tree belonging to grass species, which flowers only once 50-100 yrs during its lifetime is ___BAMBOO__

Answer 2

A tree which is a grass species which blooms once in every 50 to 100 years is Bamboo

Explanation:

• Woody species of bamboo follows a gregarious pattern of flowering ranging between once in 50-100 or 20-120 years.
• Once the tree flowers, the vegetative growth stops and then the tree dies.
• The flowering pattern matches to some genetic clock in each bamboo plant which determines it’s time for flowering and growth cessation.
• Another strange flowering pattern observed in bamboo is that they bloom at the same time at all parts of the world. This results in gregarious or mass flowering.
• The flowers produces fruits and seeds all of which in large quantities inviting huge number of rodents to feed on.