Northern Wildrice

Zizania palustris L. - Grass family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 10.0 feet

Plant Type: Graminoid

Features

Flower Color: White, Red, Yellow, Green

Bloom Time: Early Summer, Mid Summer

Native Range

  • USA:  Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin
  • CAN:  British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec, Saskatchewan
  • MEX:  Mexico Northwest
Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.