TOWN OF SHELBY - If she closes her eyes, Danelle Larson can still remember how the stretch of Mississippi River in front ... largely a mystery. Wild rice is an annual plant, meaning it completes ...

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.

"It's everywhere." A wild rice plant is pictured Sept. 17 on the Upper Mississippi River near Goose Island County Park in the town of Shelby, Wis. In the past several years, wild rice has exploded ...

the plants emerge from the water, and new seeds ripen and drop into the river in early fall to start the process over again. The place now known as Wisconsin has a rich history of wild rice ...

During the summer months, the plants emerge from the water, and new seeds ripen and drop into the river in early fall to start the process over again. Wild rice is pictured in the floating-leaf ...

the plants emerge from the water, and new seeds ripen and drop into the river in early fall to start the process over again. The place now known as Wisconsin has a rich history of wild rice ...