Sparganium eurycarpum

Common Names: Common Bur-Reed, Giant Bur-Reed
 
Soil: Wet-Mesic  Wet  
Height: 2 ft - 5 ft
Blooming: Jun Jul Aug

Grows both as an emergent and on moist soils. The female (pistillate) flowers appear as greenish, prickly globes around 1" wide. The male (staminate) flowers are about 1/2" and white while blooming. The seeds are an important food source for wetland birds. This species is sometimes mistaken for a forb (dicot), but is indeed a monocot.

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