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Texas wild rice, a relative of northern varieties, is a poster child for the argument to protect native species.
Byline: Renee Enna
SAN MARCOS, Texas_It is a sunny April afternoon on the campus of Southwest Texas State University. Everyone around here knows that this public university is the alma mater of Lyndon Baines Johnson, the larger-than-life-but-typical-for-Texas 36th president.
But there is another claim to fame, not as well-known, blooming along 1\ miles of the San Marco River that winds its way through the campus' parklike setting.
Bill Crawford, a student at the college, is stopped along the path and asked if he can identify the aquatic plant occupying a sizable swath in the river. Crawford, game for the quiz, says he thinks it's a rice plant. ...
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