Wild Rice in Minnesota
1944; Wiley; Volume: 8; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/3795695
ISSN1937-2817
Autores Tópico(s)Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
ResumoWild rice (Zizania aquatica) is an aquatic grass of the Tribe Zizanieae which produces grain valued as food for waterfowl and as a table delicacy for mankind. It is a native plant and not the ancestor of the cultivated rice of commerce. Wild rice grows throughout the eastern half of the United States and adjoining portions of Canada (Hitchcock, 1935), butis more abundant in central and northern Minnesota than in other parts of its range. Minnesota wild rice stands are autumn feeding grounds for waterfowl on the Mississippi flyway. Martin and Uhler (1939) report that this rice formed 5.10 per cent of the food in the stomachs of many game ducks taken in the eastern United States, and Morse (1941) found it made more than 50 per cent of the food for wild ducks on some Minnesota lakes in autumn. Wild rice has long been gathered for food by the Minnesota Indians and at present is harvested in considerable amounts by both Indians and whites.
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