GROWING CAIN

[crooketarrow]

    I'd like to get some river cain shoots to plant.First off can you grow it in WV.If so can anyone ship or sell  me some or I'll trade for some.

[Hillbilly]

It grows naturally in WV, especially in the Southwestern part of the state.

[Cacatch]

Hillbilly, do you think it would grow in southeastern Indiana?

[Hillbilly]

Yes, it is native to a few counties in southern Indiana. Here is the USDA distribution map of where it grows naturally.

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[Cacatch]

I surely do not mean to jack the thread, but have one more question for ya Hillbilly, that Crooketarrow would probably like to know the answer to as well - How controlable is this cane once it is spread? I've been looking to plant some myself, on the family farm and need to be sure that it won't start coming up all over the corn and wheat fields. Will it pretty much stay in the are you plant it in?

Your knowlege is much appreciated, and is highly recommended by Old Hippy.

[Hillbilly]

Cacatch, native cane will spread to an extent and form a "canebrake", but nothing like most of the Asian bamboos. Some patches that I have transplanted on streambanks while doing native plant restoration work have probably doubled in size or so in ten years. It's a lot easier to get rid of than most bamboos too-one reason that it is scarce now in much of its former range. Many of the streams around here have cane growing along the creekbanks, but it doesn't seem to spread at all into the cultivated fields-it usually stays between the cornfield and the creek.

[Cacatch]

Gotcha Hillbilly. And thanks for the answers. Doesn't sound like an issue then. In fact, sounds like a good thing to restore some of it to this area of the state.

Just curious, how did you get to know so much about vegetation? I wish I knew half what you do.

Cacatch

[El Destructo]

I would sure like to give it a try too.... but I killed the batch of Arrow Boo that Mullet sent Me....dont know what I did wrong....but it's dead a can be......

[Hillbilly]

Cacatch, a combination of growing up running around in the woods on a Southern Appalachian subsistance farm where the family got a lot of their food, medicine, and materials from the woods; and also school. I work as a horticulturist/GIS mapper for the state, specialize in native plants.

[Cacatch]

Well right on.       I think sometimes I should have studied horticulture in college, but I never could handle science classes and labs. 

Thanks

[Josh]

Cacatch, a combination of growing up running around in the woods on a Southern Appalachian subsistance farm where the family got a lot of their food, medicine, and materials from the woods; and also school. I work as a horticulturist/GIS mapper for the state, specialize in native plants.

wow Steve, that explains alot.  I always wondered why you were always the one with the best answers when a "what type of tree/wood/cane is this" thread started.  Right on man.