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

Jon E. Schoonover, John L. Hartleb, James J. Zaczek and John W. Groninger
Ecological Restoration, September 2011, 29 (3) 234-242; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.29.3.234
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