Arundinaria appalachiana

Triplett, Weakley & L.G. Clark
Common names: Hill cane
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 18.

Rhizomes normally horizontal for only a short distance before turning up to form a culm, sometimes hollow-centered, air canals sometimes present. Culms 0.5-1 (1.8) m tall, 0.2-0.6 cm thick; internodes terete. Culm leaves persistent to tardily deciduous; sheaths 5.5-11 cm; fimbriae 1-4.6 mm; blades 0.8-1.4 cm. Topknots of 6-12 leaves; blades 9-22.5 cm long, 1.4-2.8 cm wide, linear, linear-lanceolate, or ovatelanceolate. Primary branches usually shorter than 35 cm, erect, terete, with 2-5 compressed basal internodes, basal nodes not developing secondary branches. Foliage leaves: abaxial ligules glabrous or ciliate, fimbriate or lacerate; blades 5-20 cm long, 0.8-2 cm wide, chartaceous, deciduous, bases rounded, abaxial surfaces pilose or glabrous, weakly cross veined, adaxial surfaces pilose. Spikelets 3-5.5 cm, usually somewhat reddish purple, with 5-8 florets. 2n = unknown.

Distribution

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Ala., Ga., N.C., S.C., Tenn.

Discussion

Arundinaria appalachiana grows on moist to dry slopes and in seeps. It is restricted to the southern Appalachians and upper piedmont.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"decumbent" is not a number.

... more about "Arundinaria appalachiana"
glabrous +  and pilose +
Lynn G. Clark +  and J.K. Triplett +
Triplett, Weakley & L.G. Clark +
1 - ? +  and 3 - ? +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> - ? +
keeled +  and rounded +
pseudopetiolate +
divergent +  and parallel +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
rounded +
swelling +
narrower +
crowded +  and cluster +
deciduous +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> - 20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> +
distinctive +
ovatelanceolate +, linear-lanceolate +  and linear +
smaller +  and expanded +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> - 1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br /> +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> - 2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> +
spikelike +
Hill cane +
branching +, complex +, solid +  and hollow +
perennial +
50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br /> - 100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br /> +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> - 0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> +
Ala. +, Ga. +, N.C. +, S.C. +  and Tenn. +
capillary +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
5 +  and 8 +
round +  and compressed +
subtending +
1 +  and 2 +
uncinate +
ebracteate +  and bracteate +
racemose +  and paniculate +
branching +  and complex +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> - 2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> +
inconspicuous +
simple +  and complex +
concealed +  and prominent +
not swollen +
2 +  and 1 +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
2-keeled +
35 cm350 mm <br />0.35 m <br /> - ? +
persistent +  and deciduous +
5.5 cm55 mm <br />0.055 m <br /> - 11 cm110 mm <br />0.11 m <br /> +
reddish purple +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> - 5.5 cm55 mm <br />0.055 m <br /> +
1 +  and 3 +
1 - ? +  and 4 - ? +
triangular +  and dome--shaped +
Gramineae +
Arundinaria appalachiana +
Arundinaria +
species +
membranous +
plant +  and subarborescent +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +