If you’ve never heard of Texas wild rice, you’re not alone. The plant’s obscurity is a consequence of its rarity. Endemic to Central Texas and listed as federally endangered, Zizania texana ...

January and February are some of the toughest months of the year for Central Texas ... plants, a variety that includes rubber trees and fiddle leaf figs, are more cold hardy than others, the wild ...

Only seven native populations remain in Texas, all in the Edwards Plateau in Central Texas ... While the plant thrives in cultivated gardens, its wild populations are vulnerable to habitat ...