PLANTS Profile for Sparganium hyperboreum (northern bur-reed)

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Sparganium hyperboreum Beurling ex Laest.
northern bur-reed

Symbol:

SPHY

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Sparganiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N
SPM		N

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Line Drawing of Sparganium hyperboreum Beurling ex Laest.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 73. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Sparganium hyperboreum Beurling ex Laest.

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Distribution:
Sparganium hyperboreum Beurling ex Laest.


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USA (AK), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Sparganium hyperboreum Beurling ex Laest.

View 1 genera in Sparganiaceae, 10 species in Sparganium

Classification:
Sparganium hyperboreum Beurling ex Laest.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Typhales
Family	Sparganiaceae – Bur-reed family
Genus	Sparganium L. – bur-reed
Species	Sparganium hyperboreum Beurling ex Laest. – northern bur-reed

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Sparganium hyperboreum Beurling ex Laest.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Sparganium hyperboreum Beurling ex Laest.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 42314.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 11:14 AM CST