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Jardin botanique de Montr�al 
Centre for Forest Research

Trivial pursuit … the plant version!

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In fact, the winner is bamboo. Although batai (record: 30 m in five years) and chaparral yucca (record: 3.65 m in 14 days) perform well, bamboo is the champion. It reaches its maximum height in only a few months. The stems of certain species can lengthen a metre a day!

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