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Arundo donax is a tall perennial cane. It is one of several so-called reed species. It has several common names including giant cane, elephant grass, carrizo, arundo, Spanish cane, Colorado river reed, wild cane, and giant reed. Arundo and donax are respectively the old Latin and Greek names for reed. [3]
Giant reed (Arundo donax), also known as wild cane, is an invasive species that has greatly compromised the lower Colorado River riparian zone. The United States Department of Agriculture describes it as a perennial grass that grows from nine to thirty feet in height.
The Arundinoideae are a subfamily of the true grass family Poaceae with around 40 species, including giant reed and common reed. Unlike many other members of the PACMAD clade of grasses, the Arundinoideae all use C 3 photosynthesis. Their sister group is the subfamily Micrairoideae. [2]
A giant canebrake (Arundo donax) Cane is any of various tall, perennial grasses with flexible, woody stalks from the genera Arundinaria, [1] and Arundo. Scientifically speaking, they are either of two genera from the family Poaceae. [citation needed] The genus Arundo is native from the Mediterranean Basin to the Far East.
At the time, the best cane for flutes came from the banks of river Kephissos, in Attica, Greece. Several kalamaulos tuned differently and tied together, made a syrinx or Panpipes. A. donax is still the principal source material of reed makers for clarinets, saxophones, oboes, bassoons, bagpipes, and other woodwind instruments. [1]
Arundo collina Ten. Arundo donax L. – Giant cane, Spanish cane (south and east Mediterranean, to India; naturalised in many additional areas and often invasive) Arundo formosana Hack. – Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Philippines; Arundo mediterranea Danin – Mediterranean; Arundo micrantha Lam. – Mediterranean
The Columbia River flows from Canada south into Washington, where it is joined by water from the Snake River in Eastern Washington near the Tri-Cities to flow into the Pacific Ocean.
Several types of vegetation are found along the river Titarisios: reed vegetation, e.g. Arundo donax (giant cane) and Phragmites australis (common reed) halophytic and hemihalophytic vegetation, e.g. Juncus maritimus (sea rush), Salicornia herbacea (glasswort) and Chenopodium bonus-henricus (Good King Henry)