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Photographer: Gary Fewless
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Family Sparganiaceae
Sparganium androcladum (Engelm.) Morong
branched bur-reed
Sparganium: ancient name, probably sparganon for "a band," referring to ribbon-like leaves
androcladum: andro from "from aner (man);" cladum for "branch; shoot"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, emergent aquatic, 1 1/2'- 3 1/2' tall with stout stems |
| Flower: | female flower green to white, 3-parted, inflorescence 2-4 round heads separated along a sometimes branching stalk |
| Fruit: | shiny, pale brown nutlets with the straight beak shorter than the body  , in bur-like heads |
| Leaf: | thin, flat, keeled or triangular in cross-section |
| Habitat: | sun; wet; swamps, shallows; in muddy soil |
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