PLANTS Profile for Sparganium fluctuans (floating bur-reed)

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Sparganium fluctuans (Engelm. ex Morong) B.L. Rob.
floating bur-reed

Symbol:

SPFL

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Sparganiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Sparganium fluctuans (Engelm. ex Morong) B.L. Rob.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 73. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Sparganium fluctuans (Engelm. ex Morong) B.L. Rob.

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Synonyms:
Sparganium fluctuans (Engelm. ex Morong) B.L. Rob.

SPANF

Sparganium androcladum (Engelm.) Morong var. fluctuans Engelm. ex Morong

Distribution:
Sparganium fluctuans (Engelm. ex Morong) B.L. Rob.


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USA (CT, ID, MA, ME, MI, MN, NH, NJ, NY, PA, VT, WA, WI), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Sparganium fluctuans (Engelm. ex Morong) B.L. Rob.

View 1 genera in Sparganiaceae, 10 species in Sparganium

Classification:
Sparganium fluctuans (Engelm. ex Morong) B.L. Rob.

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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 fluctuans (Engelm. ex Morong) B.L. Rob. – floating bur-reed

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Sparganium fluctuans (Engelm. ex Morong) B.L. Rob.

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.

Connecticut:
floating bur-reed		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Sparganium fluctuans (Engelm. ex Morong) B.L. Rob.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Sparganium fluctuans (Engelm. ex Morong) B.L. Rob.

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 42321.

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: 09/21/2008 03:22 AM MDT