Certain types of flowering bamboo are unusual in that the plants only flower at intervals of several years, and after flowering, the plant dies. Typically, all specimens of a species flower and then die the same year, then new plants grow from their seeds.
Certain types of flowering bamboo are unusual in that the plants only flower at intervals of several years, and after flowering, the plant dies. Typically, all specimens of a species flower and then die the same year, then new plants grow from their seeds.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo_blossom
I don’t think I we understand the triggers but that would be the key to the short life span.