Arundinaria tecta

(Walter) Muhl.
Endemic
Synonyms: Arundinaria gigantea subsp. tecta
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, hollow-centered, air canals present. Culms usually shorter than 2.5 m tall, to 2 cm thick; internodes terete in the vegetative parts. Culm leaves persistent to tardily deciduous; sheaths 11-18 cm; fimbriae 1.5-8.5 mm; blades 2.5-4 cm. Topknots of 9-12 leaves; blades 20-30 cm long, 1.8-3.2 cm wide, lanceolate to ovatelanceolate. Primary branches usually 50+ cm, basally erect and distally arcuate, terete, with 3-4 compressed basal internodes, basal nodes developing secondary branches, lower elongated internodes terete in cross-section. Foliage leaves: abaxial ligules fimbriate to lacerate, sometimes ciliate; blades 7-23 cm long, 1-2 cm wide, coriaceous, persistent, evergreen, bases rounded, abaxial surfaces densely pubescent or glabrous, strongly cross veined, adaxial surfaces pubescent. Spikelets 3-5 cm, with 6-12 florets, the first occasionally sterile. Glumes unequal, glabrous or pubescent; lowest glume obtuse to acuminate or absent; lemmas 1.2-2 cm, glabrous or nearly so. Caryopses oblong, beaked, a rudimentary hooked style-branch present below the beak. 2n = unknown.

Distribution

Md., N.J., Okla., Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., N.Y., Pa., S.C., Tex., Va., Tenn.

Discussion

Arundinaria tecta grows in swampy woods, moist pine barrens, live oak woods, and along the sandy margins of streams, preferring moister sites than A. gigantea. It grows only on the coastal plain of the southeastern United States.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"decumbent" is not a number.

... more about "Arundinaria tecta"
glabrous +  and pubescent +
Lynn G. Clark +  and J.K. Triplett +
(Walter) Muhl. +
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 +
evergreen +  and persistent +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (23 cm230 mm <br />0.23 m <br />) +
distinctive +
lanceolate +  and ovatelanceolate +
smaller +  and expanded +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
coriaceous +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
spikelike +
branching +, complex +, solid +  and hollow +
perennial +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (?) +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Md. +, N.J. +, Okla. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, La. +, Miss. +, N.C. +, N.Y. +, Pa. +, S.C. +, Tex. +, Va. +  and Tenn. +
capillary +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
6 +  and 12 +
round +  and compressed +
subtending +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
1 +  and 2 +
unequal +
uncinate +
ebracteate +  and bracteate +
racemose +  and paniculate +
branching +  and complex +
nearly +  and glabrous +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 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 +
persistent +  and deciduous +
11 cm110 mm <br />0.11 m <br /> (18 cm180 mm <br />0.18 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
1 (?) +  and 4 (?) +
triangular +  and dome--shaped +
Arundinaria gigantea subsp. tecta +
Arundinaria tecta +
Arundinaria +
species +
membranous +
plant +  and subarborescent +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +