Zizaniopsis miliacea

Stems thick and 2.5 m tall. Branches of inflorescence with curves and bends, zigzag, Leaves 4 cm wide. Similar to Zizania aquatica which has staminate spikelets on pendulous lower branches of inflorescence and the pistillate on stiffly ascencing upper branches, upper branches of inflorescence stiff and ascending. Staminate and pistillate spikelets on same branches, pistillate terminal and staminate basal. All branches of inflorescence flexous (with curves and bends, zig-zag)

Good wildlife food and cover, especially as seeds for waterfowl.

Brackish and freshwater marshes and stream banks.

Good for shoreline stabilization and for use in reconstructed wetlands.