Arundinaria gigantea

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Arundinaria gigantea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae / Gramineae
Genus: Arundinaria
Species: A. gigantea
Binomial name
Arundinaria gigantea
(Walter) Muhl.
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Natural range of Arundinaria gigantea from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: giant cane, river cane

Taxonomic Notes

Synonyms: Arundinaria macrosperma Michaux[1]

Varieties: none[1]

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

A. gigantea occurs in natural areas such as bottomland forests, mesic hammocks, shallow sinkholes, floodplains, slopes, river bluffs, and ravines. It grows in moist, shady conditions, in sandy or loamy, humus-rich soil. A. gigantea has also been know to grow in disturbed areas including right-of-ways.[2]

Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

Cultural use

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References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Weakley, A.S. 2020. Flora of the Southeastern United States. Edition of 20 October 2020. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  2. Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: May 2023. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, K. Craddock Burks, Angus Gholson, Bob Godfrey, D. W. Hall, S. W. Leonard, H. McAninch, Gary R. Knight, John C. Ogden, V. Rosario, D. B. Ward, and J. Wood. States and counties: Florida: Alachua, Franklin, Gadsden, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Okaloosa, and Wakulla.