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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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...Wet
...Moist
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
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March
Greenville County
SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
Acknowledgments
to
Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
jkm0406m_32
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June
Greenville County
SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
Acknowledgments
to
Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
jkm0308h_06
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August
Chester County
SC
Landsford Canal State Park
Acknowledgments
to
Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
jkm0210c_21
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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
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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
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JK Marlow
jkm071231_010
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December
McCormick County
SC
Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District
Acknowledgments
to
Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review
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