Annual wildrice

Description:

Wild rice out by a wetland prairie. The plants grow in shallow water in small lakes and slow-flowing streams. The grain is eaten by ducks and other aquatic wildlife, humans.

Habitat:

Withlachoochee state forest

Notes:

http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?i... Several Native American cultures, such as the Ojibwa, consider wild rice to be a sacred part of their culture.The rice is harvested with a canoe: one person vans (or "knocks") rice into the canoe with two small poles (called "knockers" or "flails") while the other paddles slowly or uses a push pole. For these groups, this harvest is an important cultural (and often economic) event.