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
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 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
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Grass, Sedge, or Rush; Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: pine savannas, pocosins, canebrakes, blackwater swamps, Piedmont seeps, generally (but not solely) in wetlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
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 (Miller & Miller, 2005) p402
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p208
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p303?
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p029
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p051?
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p03
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p067
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p216