Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Arundinaria gigantea
FAMILY
Poaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Arundinaria gigantea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (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
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_argi_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_argi_003_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_argi_004_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0403p_11
March Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm0406m_32
June Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
Bristles 6-9mm long on both sides of the throat, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow jkm0308h_06
August Chester County SC
Landsford Canal State Park
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Gill Newberry gn09_arundinaria
September
Leaves grass-like, lanceolate, base rounded, tip long-tapering, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow jkm0210c_21
October Greenville County SC
Furman University
The genus Arundinaria is our only native member of the bamboo tribe, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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JK Marlow jkm0210d_02
October Greenville County SC
Furman University
Upright, woody grass 3-6' tall (possibly reaching 30' tall), per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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JK Marlow jkm071231_010
December McCormick County SC
Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District
Our "canebrakes," large areas covered by dense stands of cane, are mostly gone.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Arundinaria gigantea
FAMILY
Poaceae
(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arundinaria gigantea
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Arundinaria gigantea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (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
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Grass, Sedge, or Rush; Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in Carolina Piedmont, rare in Carolina Coastal Plain)
Look for it in bottomland and riparian forests, lower slopes and bluffs along streams, seeps, stream banks, and extending into less mesic and even dry settings on circumneutral or alkaline soils over limestone or dolomite, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain Brown
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p402
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p208
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p303
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States p027
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p190
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p051
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p03
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p273
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p065