Arundinaria appalachiana (TVA, White's Creek Small Wild Area, Plants)

Arundinaria appalachiana

Summary ¹

Arundinaria appalachiana, commonly known as hill cane, is a woody bamboo native to the Appalachian Mountains in the southeastern United States. The plant was elevated to the species level in 2006 based on new morphological and genetic information and was previously treated as a variety of Arundinaria tecta. As a relatively small member of its genus, it usually only attains heights of 0.5 to 1.0 metre with an either dense or diffuse habit. It is one...

Habitat ²

Comments: Upland oak-hickory forests and woodlands at 300-800(-1065) m. on mesic to xeric sites; sometimes on hillside seepages and along streams but nearly always on uplands (slopes, bluffs, and ridges) away from perennial streams (Triplett et al. 2006).

Taxonomy ³

Comments: This taxon comprises material of more upland, dryer habitats than the other sympatric Arundinaria. These plants had long been suspected as distinct and are recognized as such by Triplett et al. (2006) based on the ecology and also on morphologic characters.

Threats ⁴

Comments: Very few fertile specimens were noted by Triplett et al. (2006). They note that, like other woody bamboos, this species flowers very infrequently and perhaps in response to fire. Fire suppression throughout this species' habitat may thus be a threat, although the plants are very long-lived and can likely persist for centuries (Triplett et al. 2006).

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Adapted by Jonathan (JC) Carpenter from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arundinaria_appalachiana
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