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Zizaniopsis miliacea is a species of flowering plant in the grass family, Poaceae. [2] It is known by the common names giant cutgrass, water millet, and southern wildrice.The name giant cutgrass refers to the plant's large, rough-edged leaves, and the name southern wildrice refers to its resemblance to wildrice (Zizania spp.). [3]
The ricing sticks are used to harvest wild-growing rice by knocking the ripened grains off of the stalks of rice. This harvesting is typically performed by canoe—as the plants grow partially submerged in shallow water—and the sticks are used to knock the rice into the canoe or a collection vessel. [4]
Oryza rufipogon is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae. [2] [3] It is known as brownbeard rice, [4] wild rice, [5] and red rice. [5] In 1965, Oryza nivara was separated off from O. rufipogon. The separation has been questioned, [6] and now many sources consider O. nivara to be a synonym of O. rufipogon. [7]
Wild rice is an annual plant, meaning it completes its entire life cycle in one growing season and then dies. The seeds germinate in spring, then sprout to lie flat on the water like ribbons ...
Southern or annual wild rice (Z. aquatica), also an annual, grows in the Saint Lawrence River, the state of Florida, [5] and on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States. [6] [7] Texas wild rice is a perennial plant found only in a small area along the San Marcos River in central Texas. One species is native to Asia:
Oryzeae is a tribe of flowering plants in the true grass family, Poaceae. It contains 11 genera, including both cultivated rice ( Oryza ) and wild rice ( Zizania ). Genera
Oryza coarctata is a form of wild rice that grows in saline estuaries and is harvested and eaten as a delicacy. [3] The plant is salt-tolerant, and is seen as a possibly important source of salt-tolerance genes for transfer to other rice species. [4] [5] It is closely related to Oryza australiensis. [6]
Echinochloa colonum, commonly known as jungle rice, wild rice, deccan grass, jharua or awnless barnyard grass, [1] is a type of wild grass originating from tropical Asia. It was formerly classified as a species of Panicum. It is the wild ancestor of the cultivated cereal crop Echinochloa frumentacea, sawa millet. [2]