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Zizania aquatica L.

Zizania aquatica L.

Wild rice
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Zizania aquatica L.. Wild rice, also called manoomin, mnomen, psíŋ, Canada rice, Indian rice, or water oats, is any of four species of grasses that form the genus Zizania, and the grain that can be harvested from them. The grain was historically and is still gathered and eaten in North America and, to a lesser extent, China, where the plant's stem is used as a vegetable.

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Native range

Native range not recorded for this plant. Often a non-native cultivar or naturalized garden plant.

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