Plants Profile for Sparganium emersum (European bur-reed)

General Information
Symbol:	SPEM2
Group:	Monocot
Family:	Sparganiaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	AK N CAN N L48 N SPM N
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©Susan McDougall. Trees Live Here. United States, WA, Mount Adams, Horseshoe Meadow. August 17, 2006. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 72. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 71. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name	Other Common Names
SPAC	Sparganium acaule (Beeby ex Macoun) Rydb.
SPCH	Sparganium chlorocarpum Rydb.
SPCHA	Sparganium chlorocarpum Rydb. var. acaule (Beeby ex Macoun) Fernald
SPEME2	Sparganium emersum Rehmann ssp. emersum	European bur-reed
SPSI	Sparganium simplex Huds.

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Typhales
Family	Sparganiaceae – Bur-reed family
Genus	Sparganium L. – bur-reed
Species	Sparganium emersum Rehmann – European bur-reed

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.
Illinois Sparganium chlorocarpum greenfruited bur-reed Endangered
Ohio Sparganium chlorocarpum small bur-reed Endangered

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Alaska	OBL
Arid West	OBL
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	OBL
Great Plains	OBL
Midwest	OBL
Northcentral & Northeast	OBL
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	OBL