Silver Queen
Zea mays
The story
Corn, including the Silver Queen variety, has deep roots in the cultures of indigenous peoples in the Americas. It was first domesticated in southern Mexico around 10,000 years ago, becoming a staple food source. In many Native American traditions, corn is celebrated as a gift from the earth, often featured in harvest festivals. The Three Sisters planting method, which includes corn, beans, and squash, highlights the importance of these crops in sustaining communities and nourishing the land.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org, Inaturalist
- Family
- Poaceae
About
Maize (/meɪz/ MAYZ; Zea mays subsp. mays, from Spanish: maíz after Taíno mahiz), also known as corn, is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. The leafy stalk of the plant produces separate pollen and ovuliferous inflorescences or ears, which are fruits, yielding kernels or seeds.
At a glance
What it needs
USDA hardiness
Zones 2–11
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
Full detailsevery field on the record, to copy
- Name
- Silver Queen
- Slug
- silver-queen
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Zea
- Species
- mays
- Category
- Corn
- Hardiness zone (min)
- 2
- Hardiness zone (max)
- 11
- Average height (cm)
- 0
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 52
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