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Clustered bur-reed

Sparganium glomeratum

Also called Clustered Burreed, Globe Burreed

Clustered bur-reed
Photo: Ruppia2000, CC BY-SA 3.0

Clustered bur-reed is a small aquatic perennial of the bur-reed genus, growing in shallow water and wet margins of cool lakes and marshes. It needs permanently wet roots or shallow standing water, and cool conditions.

Family
Typhaceae (Typh family)
Grows as
Aquatic
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep roots submerged in shallow water or constantly saturated soil.
Soil
Wet mud or heavy loam at the bottom of shallow water.
Temperature
Hardy in cool temperate climates; tolerates cold winters, avoid tropical heat.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
N. & E. Europe to N. & C. Japan, Canada to NC. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Sparganium glomeratum, the clustered bur-reed, is a species of bur-reed. It is a water plant native to high elevation lakes and marshes of Europe, Asia, and North America. North American populations were doubted as introduced due to its scarce and scattered populations, but a recent herbarium survey found more localities of the species in the central of Canada, concluding the species as circumpolar species.

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Small bur-reed

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sparganium glomeratum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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