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An upright culm of rivercane with many flowers on it.

Resources for Rivercane on Your Property

Since Helene impacted North Carolina in 2024 with significant rainfall, flooding, and erosion, there has been a significant increase in interest in rivercane. The species has a variety of benefits to…

Native river cane on the edge of a mowed field

How Can I Identify Native Rivercane?

Identifying native river cane (Arundinria gigantea) is important, particularly if plant material is going to be transplanted, grown out for use in other locations, or management actions are being…

View from inside a patch of bamboo native to North Carolina with 10 foot tall green stems.

How Rivercane Benefits the Environment

The environmental benefits of rivercane can not be overstated: it keeps streambanks in place during floods, filters excess nutrients from water flowing through it, and is habitat for animals both…

Patch of healthy bamboo and alert, white-tailed deer standing in field

What is Rivercane and Why is it Important?

Rivercane is a large grass native to the southeastern US and is technically a bamboo. For centuries, people indigenous to the southeastern US used rivercane for items such as fishing creels,…