Floating Bur-Reed

(Sparganium fluctuans)

galery

Description

Floating bur-reed has a circumboreal distribution, and it is found in New England and sparsely across northern North America. It inhabits shallow, still or slow-moving water, the strap-shaped leaves floating on the surface.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order:Poales
Family:Typhaceae
Genus:Sparganium
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