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Zizania aquatica (annual wildrice)

Synonyms: Ceratochaete aquatica; Hydropyrum esculentum; Limnochloa caduciflora; Stipa angulata; Zizania aquatica brevis; Zizania aquatica subbrevis; Zizania clavulosa; Zizania effusa

Infraspecies

Zizania aquatica var. interior (Attributes)

Attributes

Height [3]  11.5 feet (3.5 m)
Width [3]  7 inches (0.2 m)
Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Screening - Summer [2]  Dense
Screening - Winter [2]  Porous
Hardiness Zone Minimum [2]  USDA Zone: 10 Low Temperature: 30 F° (-1.1 C°) → 40 F° (4.4 C°)
Light Preference [2]  Full Sun
Soil Acidity [2]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [2]  Intermediate
Water Use [2]  High
Flower Color [2]  Green
Foliage Color [2]  Green
Fruit Color [2]  Black
Bloom Period [2]  Indeterminate
Drought Tolerance [2]  None
Edible [3]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Fire Tolerance [2]  Medium
Flower Type [3]  Monoecious
Frost Free Days [2]  3 months 5 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [2]  Medium
Fruit/Seed Begin [2]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [2]  Fall
Growth Form [2]  Bunch
Growth Period [2]  Spring
Growth Rate [2]  Rapid
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Lifespan [3]  Annual
Pollinators [3]  Wind
Propagation [2]  Seed
Root Depth [2]  5 inches (15 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [2]  Rapid
Seed Vigor [2]  High
Seeds Per [2]  11340 / lb (25000 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [2]  Erect
Structure [4]  Grass
Vegetative Spread Rate [2]  None
View Plants For A Future Record : Zizania aquatica

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Acadia National Park II 35996 Maine, United States
Belovezhskaya Pushcha Biosphere Reserve National Park II 218515 Belarus
Carolinian-South Atlantic Biosphere Reserve 310228 North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, United States      
Central Gulf Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve 40530 United States  
Colonial National Historic Park National Historical Park V 9316 Virginia, United States
Fundy National Park II 52716 New Brunswick, Canada
George Washington Memorial Parkway V   Virginia, United States
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore II 8272 Indiana, United States
National Capital Region - East National Park   District of Columbia, United States
Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve 470167 Ontario, Canada  
Point Pelee National Park II 5764 Ontario, Canada
Rondeau Provincial Park II 5035 Ontario, Canada
Saint Lawrence Islands National Park II   Ontario, Canada
Santee Coastal Reserve and Washo Reserve State Habitat Area IV 20850 South Carolina, United States  
Woodland Caribou Provincial Wilderness Park Provincial Park II 1072124 Ontario, Canada

Ecosystems

Emblem of

Minnesota

Predators

Bombus fervidus (Golden northern bumble bee)[5]
Colinus virginianus (Northern Bobwhite)[5]
Agelaius phoeniceus (Red-winged Blackbird)[5]
Aix sponsa (Wood Duck)[5]
Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard)[5]
Branta canadensis (Canada Goose)[5]
Cyprinus carpio (Common carp)[5]
Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer)[5]
Ondatra zibethicus (muskrat)[5]

Consumers

Shelter for 
Anax junius (green darner)[5]
Aquarius remigis (Common water strider)[5]
Castor canadensis (american beaver)[5]
Ictalurus punctatus (Channel catfish)[5]
Ischnura posita (Fragile forktail)[5]
Nerodia sipedon (Northern Water Snake)[5]
Notemigonus crysoleucas (Golden shiner minnow)[5]
Notophthalmus viridescens (Eastern Newt)[5]
Pomoxis nigromaculatus (Strawberry bass)[5]
Procyon lotor (Raccoon)[5]
Semotilus atromaculatus (Horned dace)[5]
Agelaius phoeniceus (Red-winged Blackbird)[5]
Aix sponsa (Wood Duck)[5]
Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard)[5]
Branta canadensis (Canada Goose)[5]
Cyprinus carpio (Common carp)[5]
Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer)[5]
Ondatra zibethicus (muskrat)[5]

Distribution

North America;

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Photos

Citations

Species recognized by Govaerts R., 24-Oct-2006, WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000) ♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons License ♦ 4Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 5Study of Northern Virginia Ecology
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
Images provided by Google Image Search
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access