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Cane are very tall perennial grasses, with flexible stalks, that grow in damp soils.

Taxa of cane are:

Cane may also refer to:

Plants

  • Sugarcane, Sacchrum
  • Cane ash, the White Ash tree, Fraxinus americana
  • Cane cholla, Cylindropuntia imbricata, a cactus
  • Cane (vine), the part of a grapevine in commercial viticulture that supports the new growth of shoots, leaves and grape clusters

Animals

  • Cane beetle, Dermolepida albohirtum, a pest of sugarcane, native to Australia
  • Cane Corso, an Italian Mastiff
  • Cane mouse, Zygodontomys, a rodent from Central and South America
  • Cane rat, Thryonomys, a large rodent native to Africa
  • Cane spider, the Brown Huntsman Spider, Heteropoda venatoria, native to the Caribbean
  • Cane toad, Bufo marinus, native to Latin America
  • Cane turtle, Vijayachelys silvatica, native to the Cochin Forest, India

Places

Entertainment and the arts

Sports

  • Cane hockey, colloquial for "roller hockey"
  • Cane Pace, a horse racing competition
  • Carolina Hurricanes, a National Hockey League team based in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A., nicknamed the 'Canes
  • Miami Hurricanes, the athletic teams of the University of Miami, nicknamed the 'Canes

Other

See also