Zizania texana Hitchc. is a plant in the Poaceae family, order Poales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Zizania texana Hitchc.

Zizania texana Hitchc.

Zizania texana, or Texas wild rice, is a rare federally endangered grass endemic to the upper San Marcos River, Texas.

Family
Genus
Zizania
Order
Poales
Class
Liliopsida

About Zizania texana Hitchc.

Zizania texana Hitchc. is a rare grass species, commonly called Texas wild rice. This species is endemic to the state of Texas in the United States, where it grows exclusively along the upper San Marcos River in Hays County. It faces threats from habitat loss and habitat degradation, and it is currently a federally listed endangered species of the United States.

Photo: (c) Mikael Behrens, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mikael Behrens · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Poales Poaceae Zizania

More from Poaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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