familyPoaceae
subfamilyPoaceae subfam. Ehrhartoideae
genusZizania
speciesZizania aquatica
varietyZizania aquatica var. brevis
Zizania aquatica var. brevis
Plants 0.2-1 m. Blades 3-12 (20) mm wide. Pistillate spikelets 5-11 mm; awns 1-8 mm.
Distribution
N.B., Que., Vt.
Discussion
Zizania aquatica var. brevis is known from tidal mud flats along the St. Lawrence River, about 80 km up- and downstream from Quebec City, and from a small delta along the northern shore of the northwest Miramichi River estuary in New Brunswick.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"decumbent" is not a number.
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absent +
common +
absent +
bulliform +
absent +
kranz +
absent +
absent +
arising +
terminal +
single +
scabridulous +
not fused +
hard +
thick +
not radiate +
parallel +
longer +
adaxial +
not evident +
scabrous +
cross +
divaricate +
appressed +
ascending;reflexed +
unisexual +
spikelike +
Estuarine wildrice +
aerenchymatous +
annual +
climbing +
floating +
erect +
woody +
absent +
capillary +
pistillate +
sometimes longer +
absent +
subtending +
absent +
reduced +
scattered +
uncinate +
punctate +
Present +
compound +
absent +
absent +
aerenchymatous +
distributed +
concentrated +
5-veined +
separating +
fertile +
absent +
glabrous +
annular +
inconspicuous +
membranous +
staminate +
involute +
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glabrous +
3-veined +
well-developed +
lacking +
membranous +
absent +
separating +
absent +
not prolonged +
evident +
open +
closed +
scabridulous +
not inflated +
Endemic +
pistillate +
denser +
attached +
immature +
chartaceous +
unisexual +
plumose +
free +
Zizania aquatica var. brevis +
Zizania aquatica +
variety +
hyaline +
membranous +
parallel +
absent +
annual +
monoecious +