Arundinaria gigantea
Species of bamboo from North America known as giant river cane / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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. Giant river cane was economically and culturally important to indigenous people, with uses including as a vegetable and materials for construction and craft production. Arundinaria gigantea and other species of Arundinaria once grew in large colonies called canebrakes covering thousands of acres in the southeastern United States, but today these canebrakes are considered endangered ecosystems.[2][3]
Arundinaria gigantea | |
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Grouping of Arundinaria gigantea at Cane Ridge Meeting House in Kentucky, US | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Genus: | Arundinaria |
Species: | A. gigantea |
Binomial name | |
Arundinaria gigantea (Walter) Muhl. | |