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Cane material in PA

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Pat B:
There are lots of different dogwoods(Cornus) and they are basically cool to cold climate woods. Red osier is a bush type dogwood that makes very good arrows. The new stems are red with bright green leaves and the fruit is white clusters. Likes wet areas. Used in landscapes also as are lots of different viburnums.

dmann:
Thanks Pat i will definetly keep my eyes open.

Hillbilly:
According to the USDA map, there's some Japanese arrow bamboo somewhere in Eastern PA. No native cane. The crappy cane you found may have been Phragmites reed or Arundo grass. Here's the range map for the arrow boo:



As Pat said, you should have plenty of shoot materials. You have red osier, silky, gray, and rough-leaved dogwoods growing in your area, and a couple species of arrowwood viburnum.

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