Wild rice is native to the northern United States ... Rice tillers form from axillary buds at leaf nodes. These 'stems' are separate from the main stem and produce panicles of flowers and edible ...

For wild rice that was present within the quadrant, Quale said they also looked at attributes of it like its stage of life, if it had been eaten by waterfowl, how many stems there were or if it showed ...

Sulfate from acid rain, sewage treatment plants, mines and bacteria is creating a harmful byproduct affecting wild rice in Minnesota. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and University of Minnesota ...