### plant | tracheophyte | aquatic plant:

Wild rice
* coarse aquatic grass with short roots that are easily pulled up.
* continues to be an important food source for the Native American peoples today.
* dominates the emergent aquatics.
* grows best in cold water of sufficient depth
  - in shallow lakes
* grows naturally in the Mississippi river
  - shallow waters of lakes in central and northern Minnesota
* has a unique, almost nutty flavor
  - more protein than white rice and twice the calcium
  - potential in utilizing current waste swamplands in northern climates
  - twice the protein and fiber of brown rice, but contains less iron and calcium
* is an aquatic plant
  - cereals
  - grain
  - harvested during the late summer and early fall
  - obtained from a different grass plant
  - part of wild rice
  - rich in carbohydrates, and is also exceptional in protein
  - susceptible to zinc deficiencies
* is the only grain native to the United States
  - seed of a grass that grows in marshes and rivers
  - very sensitive to the environmental conditions of it's niche
* looks like rice but is actually an aquatic grass.
* native American grass that bears a grain used for food.
* summer annual that is commercially grown in shallow lakes or man-made paddies.

Aralia
* Many aralias are useful interior plants and landscape plants in tropical areas of the world.
* are susceptible to a variety of insect pests.

### plant | tracheophyte | aralia:

False aralia
* hard to grow house plant requiring medium light intensity.
* is more difficult to grow than other schefflera.

### plant | tracheophyte:

Black cohosh
* balances hormones, False unicorn, wild yam, and dong quai help increase fertility.
* contains salicylic acid
  - several other substances including starch and sugars
* has a history as a folk medicine for relieving menstrual cramps.
* is antispasmodic, astringent, diuretic, expectorant, sedative, and emmenagogue
  - available in pills, liquids, and extracts
* is native to forests in several states, including Missouri
  - the eastern U.S. and Canada
  - still one of the best-selling herbs for menopausal symptoms
* member of the buttercup family.
* native North American herb that has been used to alleviate symptoms of menopause
  - plant of North America
* phytoestrogen, which means it has mild, estrogen-like properties.
* rising star on the herbal horizon.
* wildflower native to forests in North America.

### plant | tracheophyte:

Bramble
* Most brambles produce fruit.
* Some brambles live for years
  - provide protection
* are aggressive woodland plants
  - also notoriously difficult to kill
  - an ideal crop for both large and small farms
  - biennials that emerge in two stages
  - good candidates for home fruit production
  - woody plants
* have ability
  - no known health issues, appearing to boast being an extremely hardy breed
  - perennial root systems and biennial canes
  - upright and arching to trailing stems arising from root buds
* includes cell membranes
  - cells
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - nuclei
  - plasma membranes
  - sections
  - vacuoles
  - xylem
* obtain practically all their moisture from the top two feet of soil.
* prefer a sandy loam soil that contains lots of organic matter
  - sandy loams or loams to coarse sands or clays
* produce fruit the second year after planting

### plant | tracheophyte | bramble | blackberry bush:

Boysenberry
* Boysenberries are a crossbreed between raspberries and blackberries
  - long, maroon, and almost seedless
  - reddish black with an aroma and flavor similar to raspberries
* blackberry bush
* is berries
  - part of boysenberry