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Cultivated Arundo
Cultivated Arundo In Ventura County, California, giant reed, Arundo donax, is grown commercially in dense stands, from which 2- and 3-year shoots (poles) are harvested during the winter months. [Return to Text]
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Escaped Plant of Arundo donax
... Escaped Plant of Arundo donax Arundo donax is often an invasive weed along major washes and rivers of Southern California. Here ... are shorter and have stems too narrow for manufacturing musical reeds. Nonetheless, large stems of Arundo have been commercially used for musical reeds and have been gathered from the wild. [Return ...
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Rhizomes of Arundo donax
Rhizomes of Arundo donax The unearthed rhizome of Arundo donax, reed cane, covered with brownish scales (modified leaves), has produced several vertical green shoots and has other broad, whitish growing tips. [Return to Text]
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Rhizome of Arundo donax
Rhizome of Arundo donax Robust horizontal rhizomes of Arundo donax produce shoots that grow upward to become the leafy green shoots. Adventitious roots arise from the lower side of the rhizomes. Pieces of rhizome are severed and replanted in trenches to yield new clones, and broken rhizomes are the way Arundo invades new sites along rivers. [Return to Text]
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Leaves of Arundo donax
Leaves of Arundo donax The first-year, broad leaves of Arundo donax commonly are more than half a meter in length and look somewhat like leaves of maize, Zea mays. However, Arundo is a C3 species, not C4 like maize. [Return to Text]
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Stems of Arundo donax
Stems of Arundo donax New shoots of Arundo donax, reed cane, arise among older ones, even in relatively dense shade. [Return to Text]
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Drying poles of Arundo donax
Drying poles of Arundo donax Stems (poles) of reed cane, Arundo donax, are dried for half a year after harvest, to permit all cells to die and chlorophyll to be lost. Here poles are being dried in a teepee design, having air passage inside for better air flow. [Return to Text]
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Sunning poles of Arundo donax
Sunning poles of Arundo donax After poles of Arundo donax are completely dry, the pole is trimmed and placed in full sun exposure for final drying and bleaching by the sun. After this, the lower portion (often five internodes) are cut from the pole into 4-inch lengths, to be split and sanded later into reeds for musical instruments. [Return to Text]
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Arundo donax
... as well as the RHS dictionary for more information about Arundo donax, the giant reed. Regarding the "giant" adjective . . . believe it. Arundo donax, reliably hardy to zone 6, will grow from a ... into sheeting, sunscreens, fencing and room partitions which are sold all over the world. Therefore, Arundo donax is a valuable ornamental grass in some gardens, proposed for commercial production of biomass ...
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Open Directory - Science: Biology: Flora and Fauna: Plantae: Magnoliophyta: Liliopsida: Poaceae: Arundo
... editor | help the entire directory only in Poaceae/Arundo Top: Science: Biology: Flora and Fauna: Plantae: Magnoliophyta: Liliopsida: Poaceae: Arundo (2) Arundo donax - Description of the giant reed, other common names, range, habitat, uses, web and printed references. Arundo donax - Images and control of the invasive Giant Reed. "Arundo ...
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