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3. Mostly on the Coosa River and its larger tributaries. 

 6A. Common along creeks, especially in Tuscaloosa County. 

 6C. On the Warrior and Alabama Rivers and their larger tributaries. 

 7 and 8. Fairly common. 

 9. Sumter and Marengo Counties. 



lOE. On Conecuh River near Hallsville, Pike Co., and doubtless on 

 other streams. 



low, 11. Frequent. 



14. In upper portion of the delta. 



What may be another s])ecies, reseniljHng A. macros pcniia 

 except in size (being smaller) and habitat, grows on sandstone, 

 shale and limestone, cliffs in various parts of the state, as follows: 



IB. On limestone mountain slopes, within a few miles of the Tennes- 

 see River in Jackson, Madison ana Marshall Counties. 



2B. Bluffs near Simpson's Creek, Cullman County. Cliffs near War- 

 rior River, Walker and Tuscaloosa Counties. 



3. Near Sylacauga. 



11. Hatchetigbee Bluff on Tombigbee River, Washington County. 



Arundinaria tecta (Walt.) Muhl. Small cane or reed 



(Fig. 20) 



This species rarely if ever exceeds half an inch in diameter 

 and ten feet in height, and most of the specimens at the present 

 time seem to I)e only about knee-high. It is shorter-lived than 

 A. macrospcnna, and therefore blooms at shorter intervals. It is 

 evergreen in this latitude, though perhaps not in Virginia. It is 

 offered for sale by nurserymen, and is more graceful and perhaps 

 easier to handle than the large cane. Its stems are too small and 

 weak for fishing poles, but the leaves and young shoots make ex- 

 cellent forage for cattle. The Choctaw Indians in eastern Missis- 

 sippi make baskets of it. 



It grows mostly in sandy bogs, wet woods, and non-alluvial 

 swamps, south of the coal regions, as follows : 



2A. Along Eight-mile Creek, Cullman County. 



4. Along branches ISUO to 1900 feet above sea-level on the southeast 

 slopes of the Blue Ridge in Clay County, and along a small creek west of 

 Hollins. 



5. Frequent, mostly southward. 



6A. Fairly common from Marion County southward, perhaps reaching 

 its best development in creek swamps in Tuscaloosa County. 



6B. Common in sandy bogs in Chilton and Autauga Counties. 

 6C. Frequent. 



7. Said by Dr. Mohr to be the cane which gave this region one of its 

 popular names ; but now apparently rare, except in a few damp sandy 

 places. 



8. Crenshaw, Pike and Barbour Counties. 



9. About five miles southwest of Livingston. 



