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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.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Arundinaria gigantea
FAMILY
Poaceae
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arundinaria gigantea
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 029-01-001:
Arundinaria gigantea
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Arundinaria gigantea ssp. gigantea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Arundinaria gigantea
COMMON NAME:
River Cane, Giant Cane
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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.