Poaceae Zizania palustris L.

Northern Wildrice

Ojibwa - Food, Staple

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 403

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Scientific name: Zizania palustris L.
USDA symbol: ZIPAP (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Northern Wildrice
Family: Poaceae
Family (APG): Poaceae
Native American Tribe: Ojibwa
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Staple
Notes: Formed an important staple in the diet, cooked with deer broth and maple sugar and eaten.

RECRD: 458 id: 44652

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