PLANTS Profile for Arundinaria gigantea ssp. gigantea (giant cane)

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PLANTS Profile

Arundinaria gigantea (Walter) Muhl. ssp. gigantea
giant cane

Symbol:

ARGIG

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub
Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Arundinaria gigantea (Walter) Muhl. ssp. gigantea

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Synonyms:
Arundinaria gigantea (Walter) Muhl. ssp. gigantea

ARGIM

Arundinaria gigantea (Walter) Muhl. ssp. macrosperma (Michx.) McClure

Distribution:
Arundinaria gigantea (Walter) Muhl. ssp. gigantea


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

Related Taxa:
Arundinaria gigantea (Walter) Muhl. ssp. gigantea

View 341 genera in Poaceae, 4 species in Arundinaria, 2 subspecies in Arundinaria gigantea (Walter) Muhl.

Classification:
Arundinaria gigantea (Walter) Muhl. ssp. gigantea

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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
Subspecies	Arundinaria gigantea (Walter) Muhl. ssp. gigantea – giant cane

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Arundinaria gigantea (Walter) Muhl. ssp. gigantea

Arundinaria gigantea:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

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

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 185285.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 01/04/2013 04:53 PM CST