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Asian Rice

Oryza sativa

Found in marshes, impoundments, of only sporadic occurrence outside of cultivation. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), South Central edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Harmful

Not native to Mississippi. How scores work Is it native here?

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Light
Full sun
Soil moisture
Moist to standing water

Do not plant. Listed invasive in Mississippi.

At a glance

Bloom
June to November

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Life cycle · Leaves

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 5 Mississippi counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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Freshwater marshes

Open, herb-covered wetlands with fresh, non-tidal water.

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs.

All habitats

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

13CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including MS

Genus host records with ranges including MS · Oryza

  • Ancyloxypha numitorLeast Skipper
  • Anicla infectaGreen Cutworm Moth
  • Dargida diffusaWheat Head Armywotm Moth
  • Elasmopalpus lignosellaLesser Cornstalk Borer
  • Helicoverpa zeaCorn Earworm Moth
  • Lerodea eufalaEufala Skipper, Gray Skipper, Rice Leafroller
  • Mocis latipesSmall Mocis, Striped Grass Looper
  • Panoquina ocolaOcola Skipper, Long-Winged Skiiper
  • Polites othoSouthern Broken-Dash, Broken-Dash Skipper
  • Spodoptera albulaWhite-Spotted Armyworm, Gray-Streaked Armyworm
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  • Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
  • Urbanus proteusLong-Tailed Skipper, Bean Leaf Roller
  • Chilo plejadellus
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
—BeesSoutheastern regional records
—Specialist beesPollen specialists
14BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Oryza

  • Agelaius phoeniceusRed-winged Blackbird
  • Agelaius tricolorTricolored Blackbird
  • Anas acutaNorthern Pintail
  • Anser albifronsGreater White-fronted Goose
  • Anser caerulescensSnow Goose
  • Antigone canadensisSandhill Crane
  • Cardinalis cardinalisNorthern Cardinal
  • Dendrocygna bicolorFulvous Whistling-Duck
  • Dolichonyx oryzivorusBobolink
  • Molothrus aterBrown-headed Cowbird
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  • Porzana carolinaSora
  • Quiscalus quisculaCommon Grackle
  • Rallus elegansKing Rail
  • Turdus migratoriusAmerican Robin
Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Poaceae

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope

Conservation status

Mississippi rankSNA
Global rankGNR
MS statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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