OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Arundinaria appalachiana   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



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 north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)

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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image of Arundinaria appalachiana, Hill Cane

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).

image of Arundinaria appalachiana, Hill Cane

Alan S. Weakley    asw_3225497464407923

April        SC

Jocassee Gorges

image of Arundinaria appalachiana, Hill Cane

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.

image of Arundinaria appalachiana, Hill Cane

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).

image of Arundinaria appalachiana, Hill Cane

JK Marlow    jkm210603_0936

June    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Arundinaria appalachiana, Hill Cane

JK Marlow    jkm210608_1153

June    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Arundinaria appalachiana, Hill Cane

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).

image of Arundinaria appalachiana, Hill Cane

JK Marlow    jkm210610_1277

June    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Arundinaria appalachiana, Hill Cane

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.

image of Arundinaria appalachiana, Hill Cane

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 north of Mexico, vol. 24
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

 

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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)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain Brown
Grain

 

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