DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Arundo donax | Giant Reed 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Giant reed was introduced from the Mediterranean as an ornamental
species.  It may be widely spread throughout the southern United States
in private gardens [9].  Giant reed is spreading into riparian habitats
from Arkansas and Texas west through California and may be established
in coastal areas from Maryland south through Florida [5,6,9].
 


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES17  Elm - ash - cottonwood
   FRES28  Western hardwoods
   FRES32  Texas savanna
   FRES33  Southwestern shrubsteppe
   FRES41  Wet grasslands


STATES : 
     AL  AZ  AR  CA  FL  GA  HI  KY  MD  MS
     MO  NM  NC  SC  TX  VA


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     AMIS  BIBE  BRCA  GRCA  MEVE  NATR
     ORPI  SAMO  WHSA


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    3  Southern Pacific Border
    7  Lower Basin and Range
   11  Southern Rocky Mountains
   12  Colorado Plateau
   13  Rocky Mountain Piedmont
   14  Great Plains


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K027  Mesquite bosque
   K049  Tule marshes
   K059  Trans-Pecos shrub savanna
   K060  Mesquite savanna
   K061  Mesquite - acacia savanna


SAF COVER TYPES : 
    63  Cottonwood
    68  Mesquite
    95  Black willow
   235  Cottonwood - willow
   242  Mesquite


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Giant reed is a wetland species that invades streamsides and marshes in
the warm climate of the southern United States [14,17].

Related categories for Species: Arundo donax | Giant Reed