Zizania Palustris Awn

Aquatica in michigan flora.

Zizania palustris awn.

Palustris has widest leaves seldom more than 1 cm 3 8 inch wide ligules seldom more than 5 mm long lower staminate branches with up to 15 spikelets lower pistillate branches with up to 8 spikelets pistillate branches mostly appressed and pistillate awns up to 4 cm 1 inches long. Northern wild rice family. Lemma glabrous lemma apex acute or acuminate lemma distinctly awned more than 2 3 mm lemma with 1 awn lemma awn 1 2 cm long lemma awn 2 4 cm long or longer lemma awned from tip lemma straight palea present well developed palea about equal to. Palustris which is widespread throughout michigan.

There are two varieties of zizania palustris both of which are in minnesota. The new york flora atlas is a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state as well as information on plant habitats associated ecological communities and taxonomy. It has appressed pistillate branches in the inflorescence the lowermost with mostly 3 8 spikelets and leaves up to 2 cm wide. Zizania palustris a monocot is an annual or perennial grassthat is nativeto california and.

Found in the same habitats as z. Canada north america united states north america china asia. Upper portion of inflorescence i e the carpellate portion with usually tightly ascending branches and abortive spikelets 0 6 2 6 mm wide vs. In addition users can learn about the location of vouchered specimens and see images to get a better visual for each plant.

Aquatica but much more common. Three species of wild rice are native to north america. It has been naturalized in the wild. Zizania palustris is a robust aquatic annual grass that produces large grains eaten by people and wildlife.

Interior is the more robust of the two with widest leaves usually more than 1 cm wide ligules to 10 mm long lower. Almost all our plants are subsp. Zizania palustris ver interior wildrice grows in shallow water and on muddy shores mainly in the north central united states and adjacent canada.