PLANTS Profile for Sparganium natans (small bur-reed)

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Sparganium natans L.
small bur-reed

Symbol:

SPNA

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Sparganiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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Sparganium minimum

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Sparganium natans L.

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Synonyms:
Sparganium natans L.

	SPMI	Sparganium minimum Wallr.
	SPMI13	Sparganium minimum (L.) Fr., nom. illeg.
	SPNAM	Sparganium natans L. var. minimum L.

Distribution:
Sparganium natans L.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, ID, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, NH, NJ, NY, OR, PA, RI, UT, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Sparganium natans L.

View 1 genera in Sparganiaceae, 10 species in Sparganium

Classification:
Sparganium natans L.

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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 natans L. – small bur-reed

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Sparganium natans L.

This plant and synonyms italicized and indented below are 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.

Connecticut:
Sparganium minimum
small bur-reed		Special Concern
Massachusetts:
small bur-reed		Endangered
New Jersey:
Sparganium minimum
small burr-reed		Endangered
New York:
small bur-reed		Threatened
Pennsylvania:
Sparganium minimum
small bur-reed		Extirpated
Vermont:
lesser bur-reed		Threatened

Wetland Indicator Status:
Sparganium natans L.

Sparganium minimum:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Sparganium natans L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 507177.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 09/20/2008 05:13 AM MDT