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Floating Bur-Reed (Sparganium fluctuans)

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: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Poales

            • Family: Typhaceae

              • Genus: Sparganium