Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Arundinaria gigantea
FAMILY
Poaceae
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You may enjoy reading Identifying Native Bamboos by Margaret C. Cirtain.
or North American Bamboo: River, Switch & Hill Cane from George Ellison and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Learn more about Arundinaria from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arundinaria gigantea
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Arundinaria gigantea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Arundinaria gigantea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Hill cane (Arundinaria appalachiana), a new species of bamboo (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) from the Southern Appalachian Mountains (Triplett, Clark, & Weakley, 2006)
Arundinaria gigantea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Arundinaria gigantea ssp. gigantea
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-01-001:
Arundinaria gigantea FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Arundinaria gigantea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Arundinaria gigantea
COMMON NAME:
River Cane, Giant Cane
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Margaret Cirtain mcc_060517dahomey050b
May
Its flowering and subsequent death reported to be at 30-40 year intervals, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
JK Marlow jkm0406m_32
June Greenville County SC
Bristles 6-9mm long on both sides of the throat, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
Gill Newberry gn09_arundinaria
September
Leaves grass-like, lanceolate, base rounded, tip long-tapering, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
JK Marlow jkm0210c_21
October Greenville County SC
The genus Arundinaria is our only native member of the bamboo tribe, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
JK Marlow jkm0210d_02
October Greenville County SC
Upright, woody grass 3-6' tall (possibly reaching 30' tall), per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).
JK Marlow jkm071231_010
December McCormick County SC
Our "canebrakes," large areas covered by dense stands of cane, are mostly gone.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Arundinaria gigantea
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arundinaria gigantea
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Arundinaria gigantea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Arundinaria gigantea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Hill cane (Arundinaria appalachiana), a new species of bamboo (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) from the Southern Appalachian Mountains (Triplett, Clark, & Weakley, 2006)
Arundinaria gigantea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Arundinaria gigantea ssp. gigantea
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-01-001:
Arundinaria gigantea
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Arundinaria gigantea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Arundinaria gigantea