Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
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
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Arundinaria tecta
INCLUDED WITHIN
Synthesis of the North American Flora (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
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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JK Marlow jkm191222_2361_a_tecta
Clay County AL
Cheaha State Park
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_arte4_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_arte4_002_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm100313_152
March Gadsden County FL
Angus Gholson Nature Park
Foliage blades coriaceous, persistent, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm210406_9146
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Our native canes typically flower/fruit only sporadically...
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JK Marlow jkm210406_9149
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
...and plants usually die following reproduction, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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JK Marlow jkm210406_9150
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210408_9420
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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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).
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JK Marlow jkm210603_0901
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Arundinaria tecta
FAMILY
Poaceae
(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arundinaria tecta
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Arundinaria tecta
INCLUDED WITHIN
Synthesis of the North American Flora (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
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Grass, Sedge, or Rush; Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common, primarily endemic to the Southeastern Coastal Plain
Habitat: pine savannas, pocosins, canebrakes, blackwater swamps, Piedmont seeps, generally (but not solely) in wetlands, per Weakley's Flora
NEW! Click here to see a map from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US showing range and abundance.
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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 p029
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p051?
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p03
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p067
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p216