River Cane?

[Silver Arrow]

Where does river cane grow- what part of North America?  Does it grow in or around Southern Ontario?   Or is it a priveledge only some of you get lol.   What else is a good material to make arrow shafts out of?

[sailordad]

not 100 percent positive,but i believe it grows south to south eastern u.s.,so ya only for the privileaged

[lowell]

I did some checking and found it does not grow in Il. any further north than the southern 1/4 of the state.  Doubt if you'll find any up there.

[Pat B]

River cane, switch cane and hill cane(Arundaneria) is indigenous to the South Eastern US.    In your area you probably have red osier dogwood, gray dogwood, meadow sweat and other clump type shrubs. Shoots from woods like maples, birch and other trees. Once the leaves have fallen off is the best time to find and collect shoots for arrows. You can also make split out shafting from pines, fir, poplar and others.      Pat

[Sparrow]

 If you've got wild rose up there,that can make a dense,tough shaft also.I used to use it alot when I lived in Washington state.There was alot of it there that was growing along the columbia river.Very straight.  Frank