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§1 Plant
Sparganium americanum Nutt.
vernacular American bur-reed — species · Sparganiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Sparganiaceae Hanin
- Genus
- Sparganium
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 704 counties across 33 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- None
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- None
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 95 min.
- Precipitation
- 35–50 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.9–7.3
- Root depth
- 8 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Colonizing
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 3.2 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Green
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Indeterminate
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Rapid
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 704 counties across 33 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Bibb 01007
- Calhoun 01015
- Chambers 01017
- Chilton 01021
- Choctaw 01023
- Clay 01027
- Conecuh 01035
- Cullman 01043
- Dallas 01047
- DeKalb 01049
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Geneva 01061
- Hale 01065
- Henry 01067
- Jackson 01071
- Lamar 01075
- Lee 01081
- Limestone 01083
- Macon 01087
- Madison 01089
- Mobile 01097
- Pickens 01107
- Randolph 01111
- Russell 01113
- Shelby 01117
- Talladega 01121
- Tallapoosa 01123
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Washington 01129
- Wilcox 01131
- Winston 01133
Arkansas view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Bibb 13021
- Brooks 13027
- Catoosa 13047
- Columbia 13073
- DeKalb 13089
- Elbert 13105
- Gordon 13129
- Habersham 13137
- Henry 13151
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Jenkins 13165
- Lee 13177
- Madison 13195
- Morgan 13211
- Muscogee 13215
- Oconee 13219
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Rabun 13241
- Randolph 13243
- Tift 13277
- Union 13291
- Walker 13295
- White 13311
Illinois view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Ballard 21007
- Bell 21013
- Bracken 21023
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Casey 21045
- Garrard 21079
- Graves 21083
- Hardin 21093
- Henry 21103
- Hopkins 21107
- Jackson 21109
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Lewis 21135
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Marshall 21157
- McCreary 21147
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Pike 21195
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
Louisiana view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Caddo 22017
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Feliciana 22037
- Jackson 22049
- Lafourche 22057
- Lincoln 22061
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Terrebonne 22109
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Winn 22127
Maine view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Allegan 26005
- Arenac 26011
- Baraga 26013
- Barry 26015
- Berrien 26021
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clare 26035
- Crawford 26039
- Emmet 26047
- Gogebic 26053
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Gratiot 26057
- Houghton 26061
- Ingham 26065
- Isabella 26073
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Luce 26095
- Marquette 26103
- Montmorency 26119
- Muskegon 26121
- Oakland 26125
- Ontonagon 26131
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Schoolcraft 26153
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
Minnesota view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Bollinger 29017
- Butler 29023
- Carter 29035
- Christian 29043
- Crawford 29055
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Greene 29077
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Lincoln 29113
- Madison 29123
- Morgan 29141
- Ozark 29153
- Phelps 29161
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Shannon 29203
- St. Charles 29183
- Texas 29215
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Wright 29229
New Hampshire view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 18 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Allegany 36003
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chenango 36017
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Fulton 36035
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Lewis 36049
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schoharie 36095
- Schuyler 36097
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 59 N ▾
- Alexander 37003
- Alleghany 37005
- Anson 37007
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Carteret 37031
- Chatham 37037
- Chowan 37041
- Clay 37043
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Duplin 37061
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Graham 37075
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hoke 37093
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- Martin 37117
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pender 37141
- Perquimans 37143
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Watauga 37189
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
- Yancey 37199
Ohio view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 59 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Charleston 45019
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Dillon 45033
- Hampton 45049
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- Oconee 45073
- Pickens 45077
- Richland 45079
- Spartanburg 45083
- Sumter 45085
Tennessee view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Carroll 47017
- Carter 47019
- Chester 47023
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Fayette 47047
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Gibson 47053
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Henry 47079
- Hickman 47081
- Jackson 47087
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Loudon 47105
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- McNairy 47109
- Monroe 47123
- Morgan 47129
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Robertson 47147
- Rutherford 47149
- Sequatchie 47153
- Stewart 47161
- Van Buren 47175
- Warren 47177
- Wayne 47181
- White 47185
Texas view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 79 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Henrico 51087
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Northampton 51131
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wise 51195
West Virginia view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Boone 54005
- Braxton 54007
- Doddridge 54017
- Fayette 54019
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hardy 54031
- Harrison 54033
- Jefferson 54037
- Marion 54049
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Morgan 54065
- Ohio 54069
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Tucker 54093
- Upshur 54097
- Webster 54101
Wisconsin view state ↗ 22 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SPAM ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2702311 ↗Record version
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