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Zizaniopsis miliacea (Michaux) Döll & Ascherson. Common name: Southern Wild-rice, Giant Cutgrass, Water-millet, Marsh-millet. Phenology: May-Jul. Habitat: Brackish and freshwater marshes, tropical strand swamps and sloughs, river shores. Distribution: MD south to FL, west to TX, north in the interior to MO, and disjunct in Mexico (CHP, JAL, MIC, VER).

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, ETx1, F, FlGr, FNA24, G, GW1, HC, Il, K4, Mex, Mo1, NcTx, RAB, S, S13, SFla, Tn, Tx, Va, WH3, Judziewicz et al (2000), Tucker (1988); = n/a — Tat; = Zizania miliacea Michx. Basionym: Zizania miliacea Michx. 1803

Links to other floras: = Zizaniopsis miliacea - FNA24

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
  • Great Plains: OBL
  • Midwest: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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