Arundo is a genus of grasses now usually limited to the Arundo Donax and the species which most nearly agree with it, commonly called reeds. Arundo Donax is a native of the south of Europe, Egypt, and the East. It is one of the largest grasses in cultivation, and attains a height of about three metres. Its canes or stems were formerly used for fish... Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/BAA.HTM