Index / Search / Arundinaria gigantea
§1 Plant
Arundinaria gigantea (Walter) Muhl.
vernacular giant cane — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid, Shrub, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Arundinaria
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 659 counties across 19 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- High
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -23 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 180 min.
- Precipitation
- 24–100 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–6.9
- Root depth
- 18 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 25 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Dark Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Dense
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Spread rate
- None
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- cuttings, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 659 counties across 19 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 67 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Barbour 01005
- Bibb 01007
- Blount 01009
- Bullock 01011
- Butler 01013
- Calhoun 01015
- Chambers 01017
- Cherokee 01019
- Chilton 01021
- Choctaw 01023
- Clarke 01025
- Clay 01027
- Cleburne 01029
- Coffee 01031
- Colbert 01033
- Conecuh 01035
- Coosa 01037
- Covington 01039
- Crenshaw 01041
- Cullman 01043
- Dale 01045
- Dallas 01047
- DeKalb 01049
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Etowah 01055
- Fayette 01057
- Franklin 01059
- Geneva 01061
- Greene 01063
- Hale 01065
- Henry 01067
- Houston 01069
- Jackson 01071
- Jefferson 01073
- Lamar 01075
- Lauderdale 01077
- Lawrence 01079
- Lee 01081
- Limestone 01083
- Lowndes 01085
- Macon 01087
- Madison 01089
- Marengo 01091
- Marion 01093
- Marshall 01095
- Mobile 01097
- Monroe 01099
- Montgomery 01101
- Morgan 01103
- Perry 01105
- Pickens 01107
- Pike 01109
- Randolph 01111
- Russell 01113
- Shelby 01117
- St. Clair 01115
- Sumter 01119
- Talladega 01121
- Tallapoosa 01123
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Walker 01127
- Washington 01129
- Wilcox 01131
- Winston 01133
Arkansas view state ↗ 75 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Carroll 05015
- Chicot 05017
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Crittenden 05035
- Cross 05037
- Dallas 05039
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jackson 05067
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lafayette 05073
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Little River 05081
- Logan 05083
- Lonoke 05085
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Mississippi 05093
- Monroe 05095
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Phillips 05107
- Pike 05109
- Poinsett 05111
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Searcy 05129
- Sebastian 05131
- Sevier 05133
- Sharp 05135
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Woodruff 05147
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Calhoun 12013
- Clay 12019
- Columbia 12023
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Hamilton 12047
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Marion 12083
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Seminole 12117
- Sumter 12119
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Atkinson 13003
- Baker 13007
- Barrow 13013
- Bartow 13015
- Berrien 13019
- Bibb 13021
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Chattahoochee 13053
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Clinch 13065
- Columbia 13073
- Cook 13075
- Dawson 13085
- Decatur 13087
- DeKalb 13089
- Elbert 13105
- Forsyth 13117
- Fulton 13121
- Gwinnett 13135
- Habersham 13137
- Hall 13139
- Harris 13145
- Henry 13151
- Houston 13153
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Jenkins 13165
- Johnson 13167
- Lanier 13173
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- McIntosh 13191
- Morgan 13211
- Oconee 13219
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Rabun 13241
- Randolph 13243
- Rockdale 13247
- Stephens 13257
- Talbot 13263
- Taylor 13269
- Twiggs 13289
- Ware 13299
- Worth 13321
Illinois view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Edwards 17047
- Franklin 17055
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Hamilton 17065
- Hardin 17069
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Johnson 17087
- Knox 17095
- Lawrence 17101
- Livingston 17105
- Massac 17127
- Monroe 17133
- Perry 17145
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 89 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Allen 21003
- Ballard 21007
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Bourbon 21017
- Boyle 21021
- Breathitt 21025
- Bullitt 21029
- Butler 21031
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Clinton 21053
- Cumberland 21057
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Garrard 21079
- Graves 21083
- Green 21087
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Kenton 21117
- Knott 21119
- Knox 21121
- Laurel 21125
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Letcher 21133
- Lincoln 21137
- Livingston 21139
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Marion 21155
- Marshall 21157
- Martin 21159
- Mason 21161
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Menifee 21165
- Mercer 21167
- Metcalfe 21169
- Monroe 21171
- Montgomery 21173
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Nicholas 21181
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Owsley 21189
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Spencer 21215
- Taylor 21217
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Washington 21229
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Assumption 22007
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 64 N ▾
- Adams 28001
- Attala 28007
- Benton 28009
- Calhoun 28013
- Carroll 28015
- Chickasaw 28017
- Choctaw 28019
- Claiborne 28021
- Clarke 28023
- Clay 28025
- Copiah 28029
- Covington 28031
- DeSoto 28033
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- George 28039
- Greene 28041
- Grenada 28043
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Hinds 28049
- Holmes 28051
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Jefferson 28063
- Jones 28067
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lawrence 28077
- Leake 28079
- Lee 28081
- Leflore 28083
- Madison 28089
- Marion 28091
- Marshall 28093
- Monroe 28095
- Montgomery 28097
- Newton 28101
- Noxubee 28103
- Oktibbeha 28105
- Panola 28107
- Perry 28111
- Pontotoc 28115
- Quitman 28119
- Rankin 28121
- Scott 28123
- Sharkey 28125
- Simpson 28127
- Smith 28129
- Stone 28131
- Sunflower 28133
- Tippah 28139
- Tishomingo 28141
- Tunica 28143
- Union 28145
- Walthall 28147
- Warren 28149
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Webster 28155
- Wilkinson 28157
- Yazoo 28163
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 67 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Anson 37007
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Caldwell 37027
- Carteret 37031
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Clay 37043
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Davie 37059
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Gates 37073
- Graham 37075
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Hyde 37095
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lincoln 37109
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- Martin 37117
- McDowell 37111
- Mitchell 37121
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Perquimans 37143
- Polk 37149
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Tyrrell 37177
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilkes 37193
- Wilson 37195
- Yancey 37199
South Carolina view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Anderson 45007
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chesterfield 45025
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Fairfield 45039
- Florence 45041
- Greenwood 45047
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Lexington 45063
- McCormick 45065
- Newberry 45071
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Pickens 45077
- Richland 45079
- Spartanburg 45083
- Sumter 45085
- Williamsburg 45089
Tennessee view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Benton 47005
- Blount 47009
- Bradley 47011
- Carroll 47017
- Cheatham 47021
- Chester 47023
- Claiborne 47025
- Cocke 47029
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- DeKalb 47041
- Dickson 47043
- Franklin 47051
- Giles 47055
- Grainger 47057
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Henry 47079
- Jackson 47087
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lewis 47101
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- McMinn 47107
- McNairy 47109
- Meigs 47121
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Obion 47131
- Overton 47133
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Roane 47145
- Robertson 47147
- Rutherford 47149
- Scott 47151
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Smith 47159
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Van Buren 47175
- Washington 47179
- Wayne 47181
- Weakley 47183
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
Virginia view state ↗ 12 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ARGI ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
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