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§1 Plant

Sparganium emersum Rehmann

vernacular European bur-reed — species · Sparganiaceae


USDA
SPEM2
GBIF
2702266
Rank
species
European bur-reed (Sparganium emersum)
Platephotograph · František Bednár source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Sparganiaceae Hanin
Genus
Sparganium
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Native
  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b

County-level range

· 178 counties across 17 states/territories
Legend Native · 178 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 178 counties across 17 states/territories.

Arizona view state ↗ 5 N
Colorado view state ↗ 1 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N
Massachusetts view state ↗ 11 N
Minnesota view state ↗ 1 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 9 N
New Mexico view state ↗ 5 N
New York view state ↗ 41 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 N
Ohio view state ↗ 2 N
Oregon view state ↗ 29 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 25 N
Utah view state ↗ 13 N
Vermont view state ↗ 3 N
Washington view state ↗ 29 N
Wisconsin view state ↗ 1 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/SPEM2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2702266 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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