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Several Siberian hamlets appeared from time to time among the giant canes.

Coyote likewise made a boat for himself, by gnawing down a giant cane and stopping it with gum.

The pipes of the pan flute are typically made from bamboo or giant cane; other materials used include wood, plastic, metal and ivory.

Arundo donax (Giant cane)

Kargı in Turkish means reed (Arundo donax, also known as Giant Cane).

The ideal specimen for dissection is Bufo marinus, or Giant Cane Toad.

Arundinaria gigantea is a species of bamboo known by the common names giant cane (not to be confused with Arundo donax) and river cane.

Arundo donax, Giant Cane, is a tall perennial cane growing in damp soils, either fresh or moderately saline.

Arundo donax - Giant Cane, Spanish Cane (south and east Mediterranean, to India; naturalised in many additional areas)

The plant is "expected to become operational in 2012 and will use a variety of locally sourced feedstocks, beginning with wheat straw and Arundo donax, a perennial giant cane".

The Power in Plants: Biofuels and the Giant Cane Debate (UNC News21: Powering A Nation)

The reeds of most woodwind instruments are made from Arundo donax ("Giant cane") or synthetic material; tuned reeds (as in harmonicas and accordions) are made of metal or synthetics.

NOBODY can remember the exact moment the giant cane, Arundo donax, went from being a nuisance to a state of emergency, but the day it lifted up a bridge in Norco, Calif., might do for starters.

Instead of a giant cane appearing from the wings and pulling off miscreant performers, we have the orchestra, striking up random bits of music from whatever film just won, forcing the winners to get the hell off the stage.

More than 50 species are found here including some of the world's tallest grasses like the elephant grass called Saccharum ravennae, Giant cane (Arundo donax), Khagra reed (Phragmites karka) and several species of true grasses.

The Spanish vertugado, from which "farthingale" derives, was a hoop skirt originally stiffened with the subtropical Giant Cane; later designs in the temperate climate zone were stiffened with osiers (willow cuttings), rope, or (from about 1580) whalebone.

A middling stream ran past it, dropping down a small cataract and flowing off down the valley into what looked from a distance like a huge thicket of bamboo-a canebrake, it was called, the leafy giant canes glowing dusty gold in the sun of early afternoon.

The mouthpiece of the tenor saxophone is very similar to that of the clarinet, an approximately wedge-shaped tube, open along one face and covered in use by a thin strip of material prepared from the stem of the giant cane (Arundo donax) commonly known as a reed.

As the impact of the Arundo donax increased in the environment and native species various efforts have been taken to reduce its population.

All the pipes use single cane reeds made from Arundo donax.

Arundo donax can thus provide a superior renewable energy biomass source with added environmental benefits.

(there is no back thumb hole) made from Arundo donax Cane.

And if a little Arundo donax should pop up in your garden, take a look in the mirror.

Environmental effects on asexual reproduction in Arundo donax.

Arundo donax appears to be highly adapted to fires, which are unusual in native Californian riparian habitats.

The larvae feed on Phragmites australis and Arundo donax.

The Spanish mission fathers introduced Arundo donax, and its use is both historically and ethnically significant.

Invertebrate community reduction in response to Arundo donax invasion at Sonoma Creek.

Each chanter is fitted with a reed made from reed (arundo donax), bamboo, or elder.

Element stewardship abstract: Arundo donax.

Boll weevil antifeedants from Arundo donax.

These reeds, like clarinet, saxophone, and bassoon reeds, are made from Arundo donax.

Arundo donax (Giant cane)

Kalamos (kalami) (arundo donax) its roots were used for pain and its green leaves as anti-inflammatory.

Ecology and Management of Arundo donax, and approaches to riparian habitat restoration in southern California.

Kargı in Turkish means reed (Arundo donax, also known as Giant Cane).

Arundinaria gigantea is a species of bamboo known by the common names giant cane (not to be confused with Arundo donax) and river cane.

Recorded food plants include Arundo donax, Zea mays and other Gramineae species including cereals in Europe.

"Oboe cane is a species called Arundo donax, a plant similar to bamboo," Mrs. Ceasar-Spall said.

Arundo donax is strong candidate for use as a renewable biofuel source because of its fast growth rate, ability to grow in different soil types and climatic conditions.

The traditional reeds are made from stalks of the Giant Reed Arundo donax, called "canna marina" in Italian.

Giant Reed (Arundo donax), also known as wild cane is an invasive species that has greatly compromised the lower Colorado River riparian.

Arundo donax is native to eastern and southern Asia, and probably also parts of Africa and southern Arabian Peninsula.