Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Arundinaria appalachiana
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.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arundinaria appalachiana
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Arundinaria appalachiana
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
SYNONYMOUS WITH
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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 (2015).
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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 (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm210603_0936
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210608_1153
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210608_1165
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Abaxial surfaces of foliage blades pilose or glabrous, weakly tessellate, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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JK Marlow jkm210610_1277
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210610_1306
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Rhizomes sometimes hollow-centered, air canals sometimes present, per Morphological comparison of Arundinaria appalachiana, A. tecta, and A. gigantea by Jimmy K. Triplett.
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JK Marlow jkm220715_9119
July Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Arundinaria appalachiana
FAMILY
Poaceae
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arundinaria appalachiana
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Arundinaria appalachiana
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
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Arundinaria tecta var. decidua
2099
Grass, Sedge, or Rush; Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains (rare to uncommon in Piedmont)
Habitat: Dry to moist forests on slopes, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
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?
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p303?
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States p027?
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p271