Strand Memorial Herbarium

Family: Poaceae   Grass Family
Plant group comprising one of the largest families of flowering plants. Formerly referred to as Graminae.

Genus: Zizania   Wildrice
Tribe Oryzeae.

Scientific Name: Zizania palustris L.
Common Name(s): Northern Wild Rice, Wild Rice
Growth Type: annual
Species Description:

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Caption: A wildrice paddy. ID: Hrb-ZIZPA-004 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): vegetative

Caption: A wildrice paddy. ID: Hrb-ZIZPA-006 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): vegetative

Caption: A wildrice paddy. ID: Hrb-ZIZPA-007 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): vegetative

Caption: Wildrice and other problematic weeds. ID: Hrb-ZIZPA-012 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): vegetative

Caption: Wildrice paddy. ID: Hrb-ZIZPA-015 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): vegetative

Caption: Wildrice paddy. ID: Hrb-ZIZPA-018 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): vegetative

Caption: Wildrice paddy. ID: Hrb-ZIZPA-020 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): vegetative

Caption: Wildrice paddy. ID: Hrb-ZIZPA-021 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): inflorescense

Caption: Wildrice seeds with awn attached. ID: Hrb-ZIZPA-024 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): seed

Caption: Wildrice seeds. ID: Hrb-ZIZPA-025 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): seed

Caption: Wildrice seeds. ID: Hrb-ZIZPA-026 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): seed

Caption: Wildrice test plots. ID: Hrb-ZIZPA-005 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): vegetative

Caption: Wildrice's flowering panicle with the male part located on the top and the female part located on the bottom of the inflorescence. ID: Hrb-ZIZPA-002 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): flowering, inflorescense

Caption: Wildrice's flowering panicle with the male part located on the top and the female part located on the bottom of the inflorescence. ID: Hrb-ZIZPA-011 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): flowering, inflorescense

Caption: Wildrice's flowering panicle with the male part located on the top and the female part located on the bottom of the inflorescence. ID: Hrb-ZIZPA-013 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): flowering, inflorescense

Caption: Wildrice's flowering panicle with the male part located on the top and the female part located on the bottom of the inflorescence. ID: Hrb-ZIZPA-016 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): flowering, inflorescense

Caption: Wildrice's flowering panicle with the male part located on the top and the female part located on the bottom of the inflorescence. ID: Hrb-ZIZPA-017 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): flowering, inflorescense

Caption: Wildrice's flowering panicle with the male part located on the top and the female part located on the bottom of the inflorescence. ID: Hrb-ZIZPA-022 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): flowering, inflorescense

Caption: Wildrice's flowering panicle with the male part located on the top and the female part located on the bottom of the inflorescence. ID: Hrb-ZIZPA-023 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): flowering, inflorescense

Caption: Wildrice's mature shattered seed head. ID: Hrb-ZIZPA-019 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): inflorescense, mature

Caption: Wildrice's panicle inflorescence. ID: Hrb-ZIZPA-001 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): inflorescense

Caption: Zizania spp. seeds. ID: Hrb-ZIZSS-001 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): seed