Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Arundinaria tecta
FAMILY
Poaceae
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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.
Learn more about Arundinaria from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arundinaria tecta
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Arundinaria tecta
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Arundinaria tecta
SYNONYMOUS WITH Hill cane (Arundinaria appalachiana), a new species of bamboo (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) from the Southern Appalachian Mountains (Triplett, Clark, & Weakley, 2006)
Arundinaria tecta
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-01-001?:
Arundinaria gigantea FAMILY Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Arundinaria tecta
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Arundinaria tecta
COMMON NAME:
Switch Cane, Small Cane, Mutton Grass
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JK Marlow jkm100313_152
March Gadsden County FL
Angus Gholson Nature Park
Foliage blades coriaceous, persistent, per Weakley's Flora.
JK Marlow jkm210406_9146
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Our native canes typically flower/fruit only sporadically...
JK Marlow jkm210406_9149
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
...and plants usually die following reproduction, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Keith Bradley kab_a_tecta_4910
April Richland County SC
Congaree National Park
Flowers more frequently than A. gigantea, supposedly every 3-4 years, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Arundinaria tecta
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arundinaria tecta
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Arundinaria tecta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Arundinaria tecta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Hill cane (Arundinaria appalachiana), a new species of bamboo (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) from the Southern Appalachian Mountains (Triplett, Clark, & Weakley, 2006)
Arundinaria tecta
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-01-001?:
Arundinaria gigantea
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Arundinaria tecta
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Arundinaria tecta