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All of the plants Lewis collected in the first months of the Expedition were cached near the Missouri River to be retrieved on the return journey. The cache was completely destroyed by Missouri flood waters. Other collections were lost in varying ways, and we now have only 237 plants Lewis collected, 226 of which are in the Philadelphia ...
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:
This is a checklist of amphibians found in Northern America, based mainly on publications by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. [1] [2] [3] The information about range and status of almost all of these species can be found also for example in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species site. [4]
Apamea apamiformis, known by the common names rice worm moth, riceworm, [1] and wild rice worm, [2] is a moth of the family Noctuidae.It is found in North America, including Wisconsin, [3]: 23 New York, Minnesota and eastern Canada, with imperiled or critically imperiled populations in Maryland and Indiana, respectively, and a vulnerable population in New Jersey.
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.
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]
Zizania texana is a rare species of grass known by the common name Texas wild rice. It is endemic to Texas, where it is found only on the upper San Marcos River in Hays County. It is threatened by the loss and degradation of its habitat. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Oryza barthii, also called Barth's rice, [3] wild rice, [4] or African wild rice, [5] is a grass in the rice genus Oryza.It is an annual, erect to semierect grass. It has leaves with a short ligule (<13 millimetres (33 ⁄ 64 in)), and panicles that are compact to open, rarely having secondary branching.