Native and naturalized plants
Native and naturalized plants of the Carolinas and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and northern Florida

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Weakley's Flora ( 4/7/08 ): Poaceae
Arundinaria gigantea

SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database: Poaceae
Arundinaria gigantea ssp. gigantea

LESS THAN
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Poaceae
029-01-001
Arundinaria gigantea

Common Name:
River Cane, Giant Cane

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Evergreen

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Look for it in swamps, floodplains, per Weakley's Flora



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Leaves:
Simple
Alternate

Flower:
Spring/Summer

Fruit:
Spring/Summer
Brown
Grain

To learn more about this plant, look it up in a good book!
A Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p303
Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p190
Manual of the Grasses of the US p027
Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p208
Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p051
Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p03




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JK Marlow      jkm0403p_11


March
Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve

Acknowledgments to Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review

 

image of Arundinaria gigantea, image of Arundinaria gigantea
JK Marlow      jkm0406m_32


June
Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve

Acknowledgments to Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review

 

image of Arundinaria gigantea, image of Arundinaria gigantea
JK Marlow      jkm0308h_06


August
Chester County SC
Landsford Canal State Park

Acknowledgments to Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review

 

image of Arundinaria gigantea, image of Arundinaria gigantea
JK Marlow      jkm0210c_21


October
Greenville County SC
Furman University

Acknowledgments to Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review

 

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JK Marlow      jkm0210d_02


October
Greenville County SC
Furman University

The genus Arundinaria is our only native member of the bamboo tribe, per A Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.

Acknowledgments to Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review

 

image of Arundinaria gigantea, image of Arundinaria gigantea
JK Marlow      jkm071231_010


December
McCormick County SC
Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District

Acknowledgments to Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review

 

"Unquestionably, establishing sanctuaries for native plants... helps to preserve species that might otherwise be lost. But there are other reasons for planting these native wildflowers, grasses, and ferns: they can match the finest cultivated perennials in beauty and surpass them in ruggedness and resistance to insects and disease." — Jim Wilson, Landscaping with Wildflowers