The collective unfamiliarity with Texas wild rice does, however, draw attention to its precarious existence. In a river brimming with other aquatic vegetation, the rice plants are easy to overlook.

of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's San Marcos Aquatic Resources Center, and intern Colin Findley spent Tuesday morning planting several dozen Texas wild rice plants in the San Marcos River.

The first study of breeding habits of this endangered, aquatic grass (Zizania texana) found that the pollen of Texas wild-rice can only travel about 30 inches away from a parent plant. If pollen ...

And that`s unfortunate, says Donald Falk of the Center for Plant Conservation in Boston. Texas wild rice can survive hotter and drier weather than its northern cousin, and that property may be ...

HOUSTON – Thousands of Texas rice farmers won't get water for irrigation this year ... But without irrigation, many farmers will be able to plant only a fraction of the rice they usually grow ...

In reality, it is the grain of an aquatic grass. Unlike rice (or true rice as it's called), which belongs to the Oryza sativa species of plants ... third species of Texas wild rice (Zizania ...