Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Arundinaria tecta
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.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arundinaria tecta
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Arundinaria tecta
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)
Arundinaria tecta
SYNONYMOUS WITH Hill cane (Arundinaria appalachiana), a new species of bamboo (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) from the Southern Appalachian Mountains (Triplett, Clark, & Weakley, 2006)
Arundinaria tecta
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:
Switch Cane, Small Cane, Mutton Grass
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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JK Marlow jkm191222_2361_a_tecta
Clay County AL
Cheaha State Park
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_arte4_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_arte4_002_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm100313_152
March Gadsden County FL
Angus Gholson Nature Park
Foliage blades coriaceous, persistent, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm210406_9146
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Our native canes typically flower/fruit only sporadically...
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JK Marlow jkm210406_9149
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
...and plants usually die following reproduction, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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JK Marlow jkm210406_9150
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210408_9420
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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Keith Bradley kab_a_tecta_4910
April Richland County SC
Congaree National Park
Flowers more frequently than A. gigantea, supposedly every 3-4 years, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Alan S. Weakley asw_10231836656595407
June
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JK Marlow jkm210603_0901
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Arundinaria tecta
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arundinaria tecta
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Arundinaria tecta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Arundinaria tecta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Hill cane (Arundinaria appalachiana), a new species of bamboo (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) from the Southern Appalachian Mountains (Triplett, Clark, & Weakley, 2006)
Arundinaria tecta
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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Grass, Sedge, or Rush; Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: pine savannas, pocosins, canebrakes, blackwater swamps, Piedmont seeps, generally (but not solely) in wetlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
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:
Evergreen
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
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p208
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p303?
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p120
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p168
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p461
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p071?
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p029
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p051?
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p03
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p067
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p216
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