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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Arundo donax
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arundo donax
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-04-001:
Arundo donax
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Arundo donax var. donax
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Arundo donax var. versicolor
COMMON NAME:
Giant Reed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_ardo4_003_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm160524_004
May Greenville County SC
Last year's culms are still standing when the new growth starts.
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JK Marlow jkm200531_5445
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200611_5825
June Greenville County SC
These strange shoots -- oddities of meristematic growth -- are they common?
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JK Marlow jkm200618_5916
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200618_5919
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0309e_09a
September Greenville County SC
Roadside
Cornstalk-like culms over 20' high topped by 3' feathery plumes of flowers, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control.
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JK Marlow jkm160913_028
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160926_022
September Greenville County SC
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Karan A. Rawlins, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org bug_5405051
October
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JK Marlow jkm151023_514
October Anderson County SC
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JK Marlow jkm151023_519
October Anderson County SC
Leaf blades conspicuously distichous [2-ranked], spaced ~ evenly along culm, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow jkm151023_520
October Anderson County SC
Panicle dense, erect, 30-60cm long, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow jkm0311h_10
November Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm151103_035
November Greenville County SC
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Keith Bradley kab_arundo_donax_2135
November Collier County FL
Big Cypress National Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm0412a_15
December Anderson County SC
Roadside
Seeds apparently sterile. Reproduction is from fragments of stems & rhizomes, per Invasive Plants, Weeds of the Global Garden.
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Amy Ferriter, State of Idaho, Bugwood.org bug_1461062
Month Unknown
Sheaths overlapping; basal clasping blade flange conspicuous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org bug_5446641
Month Unknown
The flat smooth leaf blades reach up to 1.5' long, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control.