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Hillbilly:
David, hill cane is smaller, with rounder stems above the nodes (terete). It's semi-deciduous to decidous, and has long, persistant node sheaths on the stems compared to the short ones on river cane that fall off the second year. There are also differences in the number of compressed basal nodes on the branches, hairiness of leaves, and configuration of air canals in the rhizomes. Basically, if you're in the southern Appalachians, and you see a short patch of cane growing on a hillside or ridge well away from water, it's likely hill cane (though it will also grow along streams.) If it's tall and growing in a floodplain, it's probably river cane. If it's winter time, and it doesn't have leaves on it, or only a few yellowish ones, it's probably hill cane. In the Coastal Plain, there is also switch cane, which is somewhere between the two in characteristics.
Pat B:
I knew Steve could explain it better that me. ;D
stringstretcher:
any one else care to contribute?
El Destructo:
All my Bamboo died....It all froze and all of the Leaves fell off now...this last Snowfall and the Deep Freeze before the Snow...I think wiped it all out...maybe the Rhizomes Survived....maybe
mullet:
I've got more, wait till I get back from Brazil. Or I'll bring a bunch to the Classic.
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