Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
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.
Arundinaria appalachiana is distinguished by a combination of vegetative morphological characters including features of branching and leaf morphology, leaf anatomy, and ecology. Read more in Hill cane (Arundinaria appalachiana), a new species of bamboo from the Southern Appalachian Mountains (Triplett, Clark, & Weakley, 2006)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arundinaria appalachiana
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Arundinaria appalachiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Arundinaria appalachiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Hill cane (Arundinaria appalachiana), a new species of bamboo (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) from the Southern Appalachian Mountains (Triplett, Clark, & Weakley, 2006)
Arundinaria appalachiana
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:
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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Arundinaria appalachiana
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arundinaria appalachiana
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Arundinaria appalachiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Arundinaria appalachiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Hill cane (Arundinaria appalachiana), a new species of bamboo (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) from the Southern Appalachian Mountains (Triplett, Clark, & Weakley, 2006)
Arundinaria appalachiana
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
2099
Grass, Sedge, or Rush; Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Dry to moist forests on slopes, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains (rare to uncommon in Piedmont)
Click here to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
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 (Miller & Miller, 2005) p402?
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p303?
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p027?
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p271