Rush, sedge, and cattails are common in the river's floodplains, which are also used to grow wild rice.
By the 1950s some fields were so infested with wild rice that their yields were nil.
Variation in the nucleotide sequence of a prolamin gene family in wild rice.
The whole grain, when toasted, is like wild rice.
According to a 2007 report, amaranth compares well in nutrient content with gluten-free vegetarian options such as buckwheat, corn, millet, wild rice, oats and quinoa.
The tribe lived in settled villages, hunted game, and farmed and harvested corn and wild rice, in addition to making maple sugar tree sap.
In fact, wild rice was probably one of their major food sources.
The wetlands, with large stands of aquatic plants including wild rice, are home to many birds, fish, reptiles, and mammals.
