Index / Search / Sparganium eurycarpum
§1 Plant
Sparganium eurycarpum Engelm.
vernacular broadfruit 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
· 636 counties across 30 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
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 95 min.
- Precipitation
- 10–50 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–8.5
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Colonizing
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 4.9 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
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 1,468
- 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 636 counties across 30 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Bond 17005
- Boone 17007
- Bureau 17011
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Clark 17023
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- DuPage 17043
- Fayette 17051
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Lake 17097
- Lee 17103
- Logan 17107
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- Monroe 17133
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Pike 17149
- Putnam 17155
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Blackford 18009
- Brown 18013
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Elkhart 18039
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Fulton 18049
- Hamilton 18057
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jay 18075
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Parke 18121
- Porter 18127
- Randolph 18135
- St. Joseph 18141
- Steuben 18151
- Wabash 18169
- Wells 18179
- Whitley 18183
Iowa view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Atchison 20005
- Brown 20013
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Decatur 20039
- Douglas 20045
- Ford 20057
- Gove 20063
- Harvey 20079
- Jackson 20085
- Kingman 20095
- Labette 20099
- Mitchell 20123
- Norton 20137
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Washington 20201
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Allegan 26005
- Antrim 26009
- Arenac 26011
- Baraga 26013
- Barry 26015
- Bay 26017
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Branch 26023
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clare 26035
- Crawford 26039
- Emmet 26047
- Genesee 26049
- Houghton 26061
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Iosco 26069
- Isabella 26073
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Lapeer 26087
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Mason 26105
- Menominee 26109
- Midland 26111
- Missaukee 26113
- Monroe 26115
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Ogemaw 26129
- Roscommon 26143
- Saginaw 26145
- Sanilac 26151
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Becker 27005
- Blue Earth 27013
- Brown 27015
- Carlton 27017
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Dakota 27037
- Douglas 27041
- Faribault 27043
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Jackson 27063
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Le Sueur 27079
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Marshall 27089
- Martin 27091
- McLeod 27085
- Morrison 27097
- Murray 27101
- Nicollet 27103
- Nobles 27105
- Norman 27107
- Pennington 27113
- Pine 27115
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Redwood 27127
- Rice 27131
- Rock 27133
- Roseau 27135
- Scott 27139
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Stevens 27149
- Waseca 27161
- Washington 27163
- Wilkin 27167
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Missouri view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Antelope 31003
- Arthur 31005
- Blaine 31009
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Cedar 31027
- Chase 31029
- Cherry 31031
- Cheyenne 31033
- Cuming 31039
- Custer 31041
- Dawson 31047
- Dodge 31053
- Douglas 31055
- Garden 31069
- Garfield 31071
- Grant 31075
- Hall 31079
- Hitchcock 31087
- Holt 31089
- Hooker 31091
- Howard 31093
- Kearney 31099
- Keith 31101
- Lancaster 31109
- Lincoln 31111
- Logan 31113
- Merrick 31121
- Nance 31125
- Otoe 31131
- Richardson 31147
- Rock 31149
- Sarpy 31153
- Saunders 31155
- Sheridan 31161
- Sherman 31163
- Stanton 31167
- Thayer 31169
- Thomas 31171
- Washington 31177
- Webster 31181
- Wheeler 31183
New Hampshire view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 13 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Genesee 36037
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Dakota view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Adams 38001
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Cavalier 38019
- Dickey 38021
- Divide 38023
- Eddy 38027
- Emmons 38029
- Foster 38031
- Grand Forks 38035
- Grant 38037
- Griggs 38039
- Kidder 38043
- LaMoure 38045
- Logan 38047
- McHenry 38049
- McIntosh 38051
- McKenzie 38053
- McLean 38055
- Mercer 38057
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Nelson 38063
- Oliver 38065
- Pembina 38067
- Pierce 38069
- Ramsey 38071
- Ransom 38073
- Richland 38077
- Rolette 38079
- Sargent 38081
- Sheridan 38083
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Traill 38097
- Walsh 38099
- Ward 38101
- Wells 38103
- Williams 38105
Ohio view state ↗ 53 N ▾
- Allen 39003
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Belmont 39013
- Champaign 39021
- Clark 39023
- Clinton 39027
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Delaware 39041
- Erie 39043
- Geauga 39055
- Guernsey 39059
- Hamilton 39061
- Hancock 39063
- Hardin 39065
- Harrison 39067
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Licking 39089
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Madison 39097
- Mahoning 39099
- Marion 39101
- Medina 39103
- Mercer 39107
- Miami 39109
- Montgomery 39113
- Morrow 39117
- Muskingum 39119
- Ottawa 39123
- Paulding 39125
- Portage 39133
- Richland 39139
- Sandusky 39143
- Seneca 39147
- Shelby 39149
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Union 39159
- Warren 39165
- Wayne 39169
- Wyandot 39175
Oklahoma view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Forest 42053
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Snyder 42109
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Beadle 46005
- Bennett 46007
- Bon Homme 46009
- Brown 46013
- Charles Mix 46023
- Clark 46025
- Codington 46029
- Custer 46033
- Davison 46035
- Day 46037
- Deuel 46039
- Douglas 46043
- Faulk 46049
- Hamlin 46057
- Hanson 46061
- Kingsbury 46077
- Lincoln 46083
- Marshall 46091
- McPherson 46089
- Minnehaha 46099
- Moody 46101
- Pennington 46103
- Roberts 46109
- Sanborn 46111
- Todd 46121
- Tripp 46123
- Walworth 46129
Vermont view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 12 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 53 N ▾
- Ashland 55003
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Burnett 55013
- Calumet 55015
- Chippewa 55017
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Outagamie 55087
- Pepin 55091
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Rusk 55107
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Taylor 55119
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SPEU ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2702394 ↗Record version
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