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Rivercane in northeast?

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cowboy:
Thanks Mike! That looks just like the stuff that I've seen around here, little groves of it everywhere. I cut some bout a month ago and at the nodes the stalk seems to flip side's back and forth - does that sound right for river cane?

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Beleg813:
That's what I need is some 6' foot long rivercane--pretty stuff. I'd love to make a Choctaw-style blow-gun out of one!!

Picture is great :)

Pat B:
Paul, That doesn't look like river cane to me. If it works for arrows, it doesn't matter. There is probably river cane growing in TX but is the wetter areas in the north eastern parts.   Pat

Mike_A:
No problem Paul. From the pics I can't tell for sure if it's river can or not. The culms looked a bit thin walled for Arundinaria, but I'm no expert. Maybe Bob or Jamie will chime in. There seems to be quite a bit of naturalized bamboo in the states so it may be a different type. I know TX has river and switch cane it's just finding it anymore. Best places are around the forgotten parts of rivers. Maybe when I get back to Tx we can get together and do a little knapping or bow building. I'm always trying to find other primitive guys. Have a good one. Mike

cowboy:
Yeah, that's what I was thinkin Pat - don't know if I've ever laid eyes on rivercane or not, it doesn't look exactly like the Tonkin that Bob sent me either. The long areas between the nodes are flat to concave which flips back and forth as it goes from node to node, I'm makin some arras out of it anyway ;D.

  Hey Mike, are you in the desert? Whenever you do get back we'll see if we can hook up - need to get all this huntin and holidays behind us first - busy, busy..

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