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.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Arundinaria appalachiana
FAMILY
Poaceae
(?)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arundinaria appalachiana
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
SYNONYMOUS WITH Arundinaria tecta var. decidua
COMMON NAME:
Hill Cane
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JK Marlow jkm0401b_04
January Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
[Can be] autumn-deciduous, whereas our other species are evergreen, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm0304d_19
April Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Noted as distinctive as long ago as 1900, only recently described as a species, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm0405w_01
May Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Often only knee-high, though sometimes head-high, per Weakley's Flora.