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Annual wildrice
Zizania aquatica L.
28.6455, -82.264
Field Notes
Description:
Wild rice out by a wetland prairie. The plants grow in shallow water in small lakes and slow-flowing streams. The grain is eaten by ducks and other aquatic wildlife, humans.
Habitat:
Withlachoochee state forest
Notes:
http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=ziaq_003_avp.tif
Several Native American cultures, such as the Ojibwa, consider wild rice to be a sacred part of their culture.The rice is harvested with a canoe: one person vans (or "knocks") rice into the canoe with two small poles (called "knockers" or "flails") while the other paddles slowly or uses a push pole. For these groups, this harvest is an important cultural (and often economic) event.
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PublishedAugust 20, 2011
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