Northern wild rice (Zizania palustris) is an annual plant native to the Great Lakes region of North America, the aquatic areas of the Boreal Forest regions of Northern Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada and Minnesota, …

Zizania latifolia, known as Manchurian wild rice [5] (Chinese: 菰; pinyin: gū), is the only member of the wild rice genus Zizania native to Asia. It is used as a food plant. Both the stem and grain are edible. Gathered in the wild, Manchurian wild rice was an important grain in ancient China.

wild rice, (genus Zizania), genus of four species of coarse grasses of the family Poaceae, the grain of which is sometimes grown as a delicacy. Despite their name, the plants are not related to true rice (Oryza sativa).

Zizania aquatica L. Plant Symbol = ZIAQ. Alternative Names. Common Names: annual wildrice; black rice; blackbird oats; Canadian rice; Indian oats; Indian rice; Indian wildrice; manomin; marsh oats; northern wildrice; water oats; wild oats; wildrice . Scientific Names: Ceratochaete aquatica (L.) Lunell; Zizania aquatica. L. Description. General

Annual Wildrice (Zizania aquatica L. or Zizania palustris L.) By Sue Trull. Wildrice, like commercial rice, is a grass.

Three species of wild rice grow in the United States: Zizania aquatic, Zizania palustris, and Zizania texana. These aquatic plants grow in the soft substrate of shallow water, particularly in slow moving streams. The grain of the rice provides food for migratory waterfowl and a number of other birds and animals.

2024年9月28日 · Zizania aquatica, also known as northern wild rice, is the most widely cultivated and consumed species. It grows in shallow waters, typically 1-3 feet deep, and thrives in cooler temperatures. This species is native to the Great Lakes region, particularly in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Ontario.

Z. palustris was once considered a variety of Zizania aquatica (Southern Wild Rice) and is lumped with it in some references, but the latter is distinguished by its more robust form, growing to heights of as much as 14 feet, leaves to 5.5 cm wide, ligules to 28 mm long, somewhat smaller spikelets (both staminate and pistillate), with pistillate ...

1999年11月10日 · The smoky, nutty grain is the seed of an aquatic grass, Zizania palustris, only distantly related to regular rice, Oryza sativa.

Zizania latifolia, also known as Manchurian wild rice, is a wetland plant native to Asia that is used as a food source. It is the only member of the wild rice genus Zizania found in Asia and was once an important grain in ancient China.