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giant reed
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giant reed

Arundo donax

Arundo donax, giant cane, is a tall perennial cane, is one of several so-called reed species. Its other common names include Carrizo, Arundo, Spanish cane, Colorado river reed, wild cane, and giant reed.

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

giant reed in Six Groups of the History of Plants

Six Groups of the History of Plants

Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.613

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 64017.