Giant Cane
| Scientific Name: | Arundinaria gigantea |
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NOTES: This species of bamboo is a perennial grass also known as "River Cane."
| Scientific Name: | Arundinaria gigantea |
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| Genus species: | Arundinaria gigantea |
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| Common Name: | Giant Cane |
| Family Name: | Poaceae 
Annual or perennial herbs, or woody in a few genera; stems terete, internodes hollow or solid; leaves alternate, 2-ranked, simple, and parallel-veined, with sheathing bases, the sheaths usually open, typically with a ligule at junction of sheath and blade; flowers (florets) bisexual or unisexual, subtended by bracts (a lemma and usually a palea), in spikelets usually subtended by a pair of bracts (glumes); fruit a caryopsis. |
| Seed Type: | Angiosperm |
| Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods. * Definitions based on the USDA terminology |
Native |
| Category: | Grass |
| CNC Habitat: | Krippendorf Arboretum |
| Identified by: | B. Dole |
