Index / Search / Zizania palustris var. palustris
§1 Plant
Zizania palustris L. var. palustris
vernacular northern wildrice — variety · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Zizania
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 102 counties across 11 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 102 counties across 11 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 13 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 20 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Burnett 55013
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Florence 55037
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Forest 55041
- Green Lake 55047
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- Lincoln 55069
- Marathon 55073
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Oconto 55083
- Ozaukee 55089
- Polk 55095
- Price 55099
- Rock 55105
- Rusk 55107
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- Taylor 55119
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ZIPAP ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2703230 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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