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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Poaceae
Zizania aquatica L.
annual wild rice, Indian rice, southern wild rice
Zizania: from adaptation of zizanion for an ancient name of some wild grains
aquatica: growing in or near water
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect/floating annual, 7'-10' tall, aquatic, emergent grass |
| Flower: | each female spikelet has 1 flower with 3-ribbed, dull rough lemma; inflorescence spikelets, female at top |
| Leaf: | first leaves float; later emerge, wide, flat |
| Habitat: | wet; in water to 40" deep, rivers, lakes; in silty, mucky soil |
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