Heavenly bamboo
Nandina domestica
Plantae
COMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- Size
- Medium
- Diet
- Photosynthetic
- Biome
- Temperate forest
- Range
- East Asia
- Movement
- Sessile
- Breeding
- Seeds
- Defense
- Toxins
- Status
- Common
About
Heavenly bamboo is a flowering plant native to eastern Asia, from the Himalayas to Japan. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Nandina.
Life cycle
- 1.seedA dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
- 2.sproutA first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
- 3.saplingA young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
- 4.matureFully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ranunculales
- Family
- Berberidaceae
- Genus
- Nandina
- Species
- Nandina domestica