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Grass, Sedge, or Rush; Shrub
Perennial

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

Common, primarily endemic to the Southeastern Coastal Plain

Look for it in savannas, pocosins, canebrakes, generally (but not solely) in wetlands, per Weakley's Flora

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...Wet ...Moist

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

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Arundinaria tecta   FAMILY Poaceae

(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arundinaria tecta   FAMILY Poaceae

LESS THAN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 029-01-001?:
Arundinaria gigantea   FAMILY Poaceae

LESS THAN Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta

LESS THAN Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Arundinaria tecta