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Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: Cherokee B. on May 15, 2012, 03:24:46 pm

Title: river cane
Post by: Cherokee B. on May 15, 2012, 03:24:46 pm

could some body please post pics of river cane. I think I might have some growing, but could not find something that matched on google :( I know for sure that it is not bamboo (Though we do grow that too) It is tall and slender with a small "bulb od seeds" onthe top. It kinda looks like pre historic corn and bamboo :o

Drew

Title: Re: river cane
Post by: burchett.donald on May 15, 2012, 06:23:51 pm

  Don't have a pic but have never seen a bulb of seeds on rivercane. Maybe someone else will be able to identify what you have described soon.

Title: Re: river cane
Post by: Kullas on May 16, 2012, 12:29:09 am

Quote from: Cherokee B. on May 15, 2012, 03:24:46 pm

tall and slender with a small "bulb od seeds" onthe top. It kinda looks like pre historic corn and bamboo :o

Drew

sorghum cane that sounds like. river cane is almost like bamboo but the leaves are a little bigger i will try and get a pic

here ya go http://www.tva.gov/river/landandshore/stabilization/plants/river_cane.htm (http://www.tva.gov/river/landandshore/stabilization/plants/river_cane.htm)

Title: Re: river cane
Post by: CherokeeKC on May 17, 2012, 10:10:04 am

Bamboo has a flat spot where the branches come out of a node.  The flat spot continues the full length of the internode to the next node.  River cane will have completely round internodes.  Hope this little bit of info helps

Title: Re: river cane
Post by: Cherokee B. on May 17, 2012, 10:47:22 am

Thanks guys! Unfortuanetly it is not river cane, checked some books for further info, but I will see if it grows to be toll and strong like cane. Thanks :D
Drew