... It is approximately three feet in diameter when it is fully matured. It has leaves of a green color and the blades of the plant fall off when these leaves have matured. This bamboo can be found in the biome of the Southeast Asian rainforest. The Bengal bamboo grows in mostly warm, moist climates. ... degrees Fahrenheit. The Bengal bamboo is beneficial to the rainforest because it reduces soil erosion. This helps especially because rainforests are disappearing at the rate of 80 acres a minute. The Bengal bamboo is not on the endangered species list; therefore, it may help rainforests out...

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