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Arundinaria is a genus of bamboo in the grass family the members of which are referred to generally as cane. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Arundinaria is the only bamboo native to North America, with a native range from Maryland south to Florida and west to the southern Ohio Valley and Texas .
Arundinaria tecta, or switchcane, [4] is a bamboo species native to the Southeast United States, [4] [5] first studied in 1813. [6] Arundinaria tecta is very similar in appearance to many other Arundinaria species, making it hard to distinguish between species. [7] It serves as host to several butterfly species. [8]
Arundinaria appalachiana, commonly known as hill cane, is a woody bamboo native to the Appalachian Mountains in the southeastern United States. The plant was elevated to the species level in 2006 based on new morphological and genetic information and was previously treated as a variety of Arundinaria tecta .
Arundinaria gigantea is a species of bamboo known as giant cane (not to be confused with Arundo donax), river cane, and giant river cane. It is endemic to the south-central and southeastern United States as far west as Oklahoma and Texas and as far north as New York .
Cane is any of various tall, perennial grasses with flexible, woody stalks from the genera Arundinaria, [1] and Arundo. Scientifically speaking, they are either of two genera from the family Poaceae. [citation needed] The genus Arundo is native from the Mediterranean Basin to the Far East. The genus Arundinaria is a bamboo (Bambuseae) found
Arundinaria gigantea in a canebrake in Kentucky. A canebrake or canebreak is a thicket of any of a variety of Arundinaria grasses: A. gigantea, A. tecta and A. appalachiana. As a bamboo, these giant grasses grow in thickets up to 24 feet (7.3 m) tall. A. gigantea is generally found in stream valleys and ravines throughout the southeastern ...
Arundinaria alabamensis is bamboo species commonly known as Tallapoosa cane. The plant species is endemic to Alabama and is primarily found in the east-central part of the State, mainly the Piedmont Upland physiographic province. [1] Currently, A. alabamensis is the 4th species of native bamboo in the USA. [2]
Arundinarieae is a tribe of bamboo in the grass family containing a single subtribe, Arundinariinae, and 31 genera. [1] These woody bamboos occur in areas with warm temperate climates in southeastern North America, Subsaharan Africa, South Asia and East Asia.