PLANTS Profile for Arundinaria gigantea (giant cane)

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PLANTS Profile

Arundinaria gigantea (Walter) Muhl.
giant cane

Symbol:

ARGI

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub
Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Arundinaria gigantea (Walter) Muhl.

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Arundinaria gigantea (Walter) Muhl.

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Distribution:
Arundinaria gigantea (Walter) Muhl.


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USA (AL, AR, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV)

Related Taxa:
Arundinaria gigantea (Walter) Muhl.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 4 species in Arundinaria or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Arundinaria gigantea ssp. gigantea
giant cane

Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta
switchcane

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Arundinaria gigantea (Walter) Muhl.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Arundinaria Michx. – cane
Species	Arundinaria gigantea (Walter) Muhl. – giant cane

Wetland Indicator Status:
Arundinaria gigantea (Walter) Muhl.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

Wildlife Habitat Values:
Arundinaria gigantea (Walter) Muhl.

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Miller				High		High		High

Wildlife Habitat Values

Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.

More Accounts and Images:
Arundinaria gigantea (Walter) Muhl.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account and distribution map from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40477.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 09/17/2008 11:28 AM MDT