Arundinaria tecta(Walter) Muhl.

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WFO wfo-0000850575 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Arundinaria tecta, photographed by Nonbinary-Naturalist
fig. a Nonbinary-Naturalist, CC0 1.0 / 2022-03-24 / obs. 184364990
Arundinaria tecta, photographed by Leila Dasher
fig. b Leila Dasher, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 175874504
Arundinaria tecta, photographed by Anthony A Simmons
fig. c Anthony A Simmons, CC0 1.0 / obs. 175751734
Arundinaria tecta, photographed by Nonbinary-Naturalist
fig. d Nonbinary-Naturalist, CC0 1.0 / obs. 150579187
Arundinaria tecta, photographed by Alan Weakley
fig. e Alan Weakley, CC0 1.0 / obs. 125638678
Arundinaria tecta, photographed by Ashwin Srinivasan
fig. f Ashwin Srinivasan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 115972356
Arundinaria tecta, photographed by Tom Field
fig. g Tom Field, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 107434531
Arundinaria tecta, photographed by Eric Knight
fig. h Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 86238840

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Native range 13 botanical countries

Regions where Arundinaria tecta is native: Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia AlabamaFloridaGeorgiaLouisianaMarylandMississippiNew JerseyNew YorkNorth CarolinaSouth CarolinaTennesseeVirginia Delaware
Native distribution of Arundinaria tecta, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alabama ALA NORTHERN AMERICA
Delaware DEL
Florida FLA
Georgia GEO
Louisiana LOU
Maryland MRY
Mississippi MSI
New Jersey NWJ
New York NWY
North Carolina NCA
South Carolina SCA
Tennessee TEN
Virginia VRG

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 12 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Arundinaria gigantea subsp. tecta (Walter) McClure
  • Arundinaria gigantea var. tecta (Walter) Scribn.
  • Arundinaria macrosperma var. suffruticosa Munro
  • Arundinaria macrosperma var. tecta (Walter) Alph.Wood
  • Arundinaria tecta var. colorata Rupr.
  • Arundinaria tecta var. distachya Rupr.
  • Arundinaria tecta var. pumila (Nutt. ex Rupr.) Rupr.
  • Arundo tecta Walter
  • Bambusa pumila Mitford
  • Festuca grandiflora Lam.
  • Ludolfia tecta (Walter) A.Dietr.
  • Miegia pumila Nutt. ex Rupr.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol ARTE4. public domain. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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