The common name of <I>Arundo donax</I> is giant reed. The reed is tall and stout, growing up to twenty feet tall. It has large, knotty rootstocks.

Arundo Donax

The common name of Arundo donax is giant reed. The reed is tall and stout, growing up to twenty feet…

Giant reed is the common name of <I>Arundo donax</I>. The flowers clusters are one to two feet long.

Plume of Arundo Donax

Giant reed is the common name of Arundo donax. The flowers clusters are one to two feet long.

&quot;Bamboo-reed (Arundo donax). a, panicle; b, flowering scale, clothed with silky hairs; c, spikelet.&quot; -Whitney, 1911

Giant Reed

"Bamboo-reed (Arundo donax). a, panicle; b, flowering scale, clothed with silky hairs; c, spikelet."…