Innovative Sandbag Propagation Method for Giant Cane (Arundinaria gigantea (Walter) Muhl.)

Castanea ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 83 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-182
Author(s):  
Alexander W. Eade ◽  
Gurbir Singh ◽  
Jon E. Schoonover ◽  
James J. Zaczek ◽  
Karl W. J. Williard
Keyword(s):  
Arundinaria Gigantea ◽  
Giant Cane

Survival and Genet Growth and Development of Field-Planted Giant Cane (Arundinaria gigantea) over Time in Southern Illinois

Castanea ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 286-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. J. Zaczek ◽  
S. G. Baer ◽  
J. L. Hartleb ◽  
W. W. Brendecke ◽  
J. E. Schoonover ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Growth And Development ◽  
Southern Illinois ◽  
Arundinaria Gigantea ◽  
Giant Cane ◽  
Over Time

scholarly journals Nutrient Dynamics and Decomposition of Riparian Arundinaria gigantea (Walt.) Muhl. Leaves in Southern Illinois

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 106
Author(s):  
Amanda M. Nelson ◽  
Jon E. Schoonover ◽  
Karl W. J. Williard
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Litter ◽  
Nutrient Dynamics ◽  
Soil Nutrient ◽  
Decomposition Rates ◽  
Resorption Proficiency ◽  
Southern Illinois ◽  
Arundinaria Gigantea ◽  
Giant Cane ◽  
High Soil Moisture ◽  
Leaf Litterfall

<p class="1Body">Leaf litter quality and quantity can influence soil nutrient dynamics and stream productivity through decomposition and serving as allochthonous stream inputs. Leaf deposition, nitrogen (N)-resorption efficiency and proficiency, and decomposition rates were analyzed in riparian stands of <em>Arundinaria gigantea </em>(Walt.) Muhl.<em> </em>in southern Illinois for the first time to determine potential nutrient cycling from riparian canebrake restoration. Leaf litter was collected from five established canebrakes monthly over one year and a decomposition study was conducted over 72 weeks. Live leaves, freshly senesced leaves, and decomposed leaves were analyzed for carbon (C) and N content. Leaf litterfall biomass peaked in November at twice the monthly average for all but one site, indicating a resemblance to deciduous leaf fall patterns. Nitrogen and C concentrations decreased 48% and 30%, respectively, between live leaves and 72 weeks following decomposition. High soil moisture appeared to slow decomposition rates, perhaps due to the creation of anaerobic conditions. Cane leaves have low resorption proficiency and nutrient-use proficiency, suggesting that these riparian canebrakes are not N limited. Giant cane should be considered in multispecies riparian buffer creation since it has this potential to supply carbon and nitrogen to the soil and to macroinvertebrates in the streams for a longer period of time and year round.</p>

Allometry, Morphometry, and Soil Characterization of Giant Cane (Arundinaria gigantea) Stands

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 315-324
Author(s):  
Gurbir Singh ◽  
Michael D. Goble ◽  
Jon E. Schoonover ◽  
Karl W. J. Williard ◽  
James J. Zaczek
Keyword(s):  
Soil Characterization ◽  
Arundinaria Gigantea ◽  
Giant Cane

Growing Giant Cane (Arundinaria gigantea) for Canebrake Restoration: Greenhouse Propagation and Field Trials

2011 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 234-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. E. Schoonover ◽  
J. L. Hartleb ◽  
J. J. Zaczek ◽  
J. W. Groninger
Keyword(s):  
Field Trials ◽  
Arundinaria Gigantea ◽  
Giant Cane

Giant Cane Vegetative Buffer for Improving Soil and Surface Water Quality

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 330-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gurbir Singh ◽  
Jon E. Schoonover ◽  
Karl W. J. Williard ◽  
Audrey L. Sweet ◽  
Jonathan Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Surface Water ◽  
Surface Water Quality ◽  
Giant Cane

Choked out: Battling invasive giant cane along the Rio Grande/Bravo Borderlands

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark K. Briggs ◽  
Helen M. Poulos ◽  
Jeffrey Renfrow ◽  
Javier Ochoa‐Espinoza ◽  
David Larson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rio Grande ◽  
Giant Cane

scholarly journals Factors Governing the Distribution of Swainson's Warbler Along a Hydrological Gradient in Great Dismal Swamp

The Auk ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 118 (3) ◽  
pp. 650-664
Author(s):  
Gary R. Graves
Keyword(s):  
Foraging Ecology ◽  
Ground Level ◽  
Organic Soils ◽  
Buffer Zones ◽  
Habitat Occupancy ◽  
Giant Cane ◽  
Limnothlypis Swainsonii ◽  
Great Dismal Swamp ◽  
Dismal Swamp ◽  
Swainson's Warbler

AbstractDue to extensive clearing of bottomland forest in the southeastern United States, Swainson's Warbler (Limnothlypis swainsonii) is restricted in many drainages to seasonally inundated buffer zones bordering rivers and swamps. This migratory species is especially vulnerable to flooding because of its ground foraging ecology, but little is known about patterns of habitat occupancy at wetland ecotones. I investigated the physiognomic and floristic correlates of habitat use along a subtle hydrological gradient in the Great Dismal Swamp, southeastern Virginia. Hydrology is the driving force influencing vegetation and the distribution of Swainson's Warbler in that habitat. Foraging and singing stations of territorial males were significantly drier and more floristically diverse than unoccupied habitat. There was scant evidence that the distribution and abundance of particular plant species, including giant cane (Arundinaria gigantea), influenced habitat selection. Instead, Swainson's Warbler seems to evaluate potential territories on the basis of multiscale physiognomic, hydrological, and edaphic characteristics. Territories were characterized by extensive understory thickets (median = 36,220 small woody stems and cane culms per hectare; range, 14,000–81,400/ha), frequent greenbriar tangles, deep shade at ground level, and an abundance of leaf litter overlying moist organic soils. Those sites occurred most frequently in relatively well-drained tracts of broad-leaf forest that had suffered extensive canopy damage and windthrow. Data suggest a preference for early successional forest in the current landscape or disturbance gaps in primeval forest. Because territories in otherwise optimal habitat are abandoned when flooding extends into the breeding season, it is recommended that the water table be maintained at subsurface levels from late March through September in natural areas managed primarily for this species. Direct and indirect environmental factors that influence the breeding biology of the warbler are summarized in an envirogram.

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