Sparganium americanum

Classification	Monocots
Family	Sparganiaceae
Family (Traditional)	Typhaceae
Genus	Sparganium
Species:	Sparganium americanum Nutt.
Common Name	American Burreed
Growth Habit	graminoid
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: FCFSP; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LC; Natural Area Presence: LRC; Natural Area Presence: WOLF; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Aquatic; General Ecology: Mudflat; Growth Habit: graminoid; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Rank: 2-ranked; Leaf Type: grass-like; Leaf Type: sword-like; Leaf Venation: parallel; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Basifixed; Base Flower Color: White; Carpel Number/Pistil: 1; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Achene; Fruit Type: Drupe; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Fruit Wet/Dry: Wet; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: head; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Pistil Number: 1; Sexuality: monoecious; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value	6
Status	Native; AGCP (OBL), EMP (OBL) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S5] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Adair (KY), Bell (KY), Caldwell (KY), Calloway (KY), Carter (KY), Casey (KY), Elliott (KY), Fayette (KY), Garrard (KY), Graves (KY), Greenup (KY), Jackson (KY), Laurel (KY), Lyon (KY), McCreary (KY), Madison (KY), Muhlenberg (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Rowan (KY), Bledsoe (TN), Blount (TN), Campbell (TN), Cannon (TN), Carroll (TN), Carter (TN), Chester (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), Fayette (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hawkins (TN), Henry (TN), Hickman (TN), Johnson (TN), Knox (TN), Loudon (TN), McNairy (TN), Marion (TN), Meigs (TN), Monroe (TN), Montgomery (TN), Morgan (TN), Overton (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Robertson (TN), Rutherford (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Stewart (TN), Van Buren (TN), Warren (TN), Wayne (TN), White (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, BOON, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MDKY, MEM, TENN, UCHT, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1969 - 2016

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
31234100174034	Rockcastle	Kentucky	02 Aug 1978	J. Stuart Lassetter 3161	EKY Sparganium americanum
31234100185352	Caldwell	Kentucky	19 Sep 1969	Raymond Athey 831	EKY Sparganium americanum
31234100174190	Calloway	Kentucky	30 Jul 1985	Raymond Athey 5123	EKY Sparganium americanum
31234100174091	Garrard	Kentucky	25 May 1984	Donna A. Godbey 1043	EKY Sparganium americanum
31234100174083	Laurel	Kentucky	20 Aug 1991	Landon E. McKinney 4822	EKY Sparganium americanum
31234100174042	McCreary	Kentucky	29 Jun 1991	R. Dale Thomas 14	EKY Sparganium americanum
31234100174117	Garrard	Kentucky	18 Jul 1984	Donna A. Godbey 37	EKY Sparganium americanum
31234100174166	Casey	Kentucky	25 Jun 1980	J. Stuart Lassetter 3535	EKY Sparganium americanum
31234100174133	Garrard	Kentucky	25 May 1984	Donna A. Godbey 690	EKY Sparganium americanum
31234100174182	Calloway	Kentucky	28 Jun 1990	Landon E. McKinney 4318	EKY Sparganium americanum
31234100174208	Adair	Kentucky	21 Jul 1988	Bruce Hoagland 414	EKY Sparganium americanum
31234100174075	Laurel	Kentucky	25 Sep 1999	Amanda N. Allen 13	EKY Sparganium americanum
31234100174216	Adair	Kentucky	25 Aug 1988	Bruce Hoagland 592	EKY Sparganium americanum
31234100174232	Fentress	Tennessee	31 May 1987	Ronald L. Jones 4804	EKY Sparganium americanum
BEREA008646	White	Tennessee			BEREA Sparganium americanum
BEREA008642	Laurel	Kentucky			BEREA Sparganium americanum
ETSU006923	Johnson	Tennessee	13 Jul 2013	Frosty Levy	ETSU Sparganium americanum
N/A	Carter	Tennessee	01 Aug 2012	Frosty Levy	ETSU Sparganium americanum
31973000019580	Rowan	Kentucky			KNK Sparganium americanum
31973000019579	Laurel	Kentucky			KNK Sparganium americanum
31973000019584	Greenup	Kentucky			KNK Sparganium americanum
31973000019582	McCreary	Kentucky			KNK Sparganium americanum
31973000019581	McCreary	Kentucky			KNK Sparganium americanum
MDKY00006739	Carter	Kentucky			MDKY Sparganium americanum
MDKY00006737	McCreary	Kentucky			MDKY Sparganium americanum
MDKY00006732	Rowan	Kentucky			MDKY Sparganium americanum
MDKY00006733	McCreary	Kentucky			MDKY Sparganium americanum
MDKY00006734	Jackson	Kentucky			MDKY Sparganium americanum
MDKY00006731	Carter	Kentucky			MDKY Sparganium americanum
MDKY00006736	Fayette	Kentucky			MDKY Sparganium americanum
MDKY00006735	Rowan	Kentucky			MDKY Sparganium americanum
MDKY00006738	Elliott	Kentucky			MDKY Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0192560	Hickman	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012754	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012743	Carroll	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012751	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012795	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012809	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012785	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012788	McNairy	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012760	Fentress	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012764	Fentress	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012798	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012748	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012757	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012805	Wayne	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012774	Johnson	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012770	Grundy	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012766	Fentress	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012791	Montgomery	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012755	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012772	Hawkins	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012765	Fentress	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012784	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012753	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012759	Fentress	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012811	White	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012797	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012800	Putnam	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012806	Warren	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012749	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012792	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012771	Hawkins	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012787	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012746	Chester	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012758	Fayette	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012810	White	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012777	Johnson	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012756	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012807	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012775	Johnson	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012763	Fentress	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012799	Putnam	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012796	Overton	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012778	Johnson	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012783	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012776	Johnson	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012752	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012739	Bledsoe	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012767	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012745	Carter	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012768	Giles	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012824	Bell	Kentucky			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012744	Carter	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012793	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012802	Sequatchie	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012742	Campbell	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012780	Johnson	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012804	Wayne	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012794	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012843	Bledsoe	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012801	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0192558	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012761	Fentress	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012789	Meigs	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012779	Johnson	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012740	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012803	Stewart	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012812	White	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012786	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012750	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012741	Campbell	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012781	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012782	Loudon	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012769	Grundy	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012773	Henry	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012762	Fentress	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012790	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012747	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
TENN-V-0012808	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Sparganium americanum
UCHT006207	Cumberland	Tennessee			UCHT Sparganium americanum
UCHT001437	Marion	Tennessee	08 Jun 1998	John Beck 2141	UCHT Sparganium americanum
UCHT001442	Polk	Tennessee	06 Sep 1980	Gene S. Van Horn 2157	UCHT Sparganium americanum
UCHT001438	Marion	Tennessee	29 Jun 1999	John Beck 3672	UCHT Sparganium americanum
UCHT006208	Fentress	Tennessee			UCHT Sparganium americanum
UCHT006206	Cumberland	Tennessee			UCHT Sparganium americanum
UCHT006211	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Sparganium americanum
UCHT006209	Fentress	Tennessee			UCHT Sparganium americanum
UCHT006210	Hickman	Tennessee			UCHT Sparganium americanum
010424	Knox	Tennessee			BOON Sparganium americanum
APSC0031019	Polk	Tennessee			APSC Sparganium americanum
APSC0031030	Lyon	Kentucky			APSC Sparganium americanum
APSC0103109	Caldwell	Kentucky			APSC Sparganium americanum
APSC0068990	McCreary	Kentucky			APSC Sparganium americanum
APSC0052306	Hickman	Tennessee			APSC Sparganium americanum
APSC0031024	Knox	Tennessee			APSC Sparganium americanum
APSC0031028	Lyon	Kentucky			APSC Sparganium americanum
APSC0031027	Polk	Tennessee			APSC Sparganium americanum
APSC0031021	Montgomery	Tennessee	11 Sep 1993	Edward Chester	APSC Sparganium americanum
APSC0031031	Stewart	Tennessee			APSC Sparganium americanum
APSC0031023	Robertson	Tennessee			APSC Sparganium americanum
APSC0109123	Muhlenberg	Kentucky			APSC Sparganium americanum
APSC0031029	Lyon	Kentucky			APSC Sparganium americanum
APSC0031025	Blount	Tennessee			APSC Sparganium americanum
APSC0117029	Rowan	Kentucky			APSC Sparganium americanum
APSC0071918	Cumberland	Tennessee			APSC Sparganium americanum
APSC0031022	Stewart	Tennessee			APSC Sparganium americanum
APSC0098822	Cannon	Tennessee			APSC Sparganium americanum
APSC0117027	McCreary	Kentucky			APSC Sparganium americanum
APSC0071919	Cumberland	Tennessee			APSC Sparganium americanum
APSC0051670	Cumberland	Tennessee			APSC Sparganium americanum
APSC0031018	Stewart	Tennessee			APSC Sparganium americanum
APSC0031020	Morgan	Tennessee			APSC Sparganium americanum
APSC0052425	Carroll	Tennessee			APSC Sparganium americanum
APSC0031032	Stewart	Tennessee			APSC Sparganium americanum
APSC0055324	Cumberland	Tennessee			APSC Sparganium americanum
APSC0031015	Grundy	Tennessee			APSC Sparganium americanum
APSC0115354	Van Buren	Tennessee			APSC Sparganium americanum
APSC0098823	Cannon	Tennessee			APSC Sparganium americanum
APSC0093261	McCreary	Kentucky			APSC Sparganium americanum
HTTU016573	Wilson	Tennessee			HTTU Sparganium americanum
HTTU016562	White	Tennessee			HTTU Sparganium americanum
HTTU016563	Putnam	Tennessee			HTTU Sparganium americanum
HTTU016572	Wilson	Tennessee			HTTU Sparganium americanum
HTTU016564	White	Tennessee			HTTU Sparganium americanum
UOS08382	Franklin	Tennessee	05 Jul 2000	Yolande M. Gottfried	UOS Sparganium americanum
UOS08378	Coffee	Tennessee	02 Jul 1996	Douglas E. Kennemore, Jr.	UOS Sparganium americanum
UOS08383	Van Buren	Tennessee	31 Jul 2001	Chris A. Fleming	UOS Sparganium americanum
ETSU031936	Carter	Tennessee		James T Donaldson	ETSU Sparganium americanum
ETSU031937	Carter	Tennessee		James T Donaldson	ETSU Sparganium americanum
ETSU008946	Johnson	Tennessee	29 Aug 2016	Frosty Levy	ETSU Sparganium americanum
ETSU032146	Carter	Tennessee		James T Donaldson	ETSU Sparganium americanum
ETSU031939	Carter	Tennessee		James T Donaldson	ETSU Sparganium americanum
ETSU032145	Carter	Tennessee		James T Donaldson	ETSU Sparganium americanum
ETSU031940	Carter	Tennessee		James T Donaldson	ETSU Sparganium americanum
HTTU035839	White	Tennessee			HTTU Sparganium americanum
HTTU016566	Cumberland	Tennessee			HTTU Sparganium americanum
HTTU016568	Cumberland	Tennessee			HTTU Sparganium americanum
HTTU016565	White	Tennessee			HTTU Sparganium americanum
HTTU016567	Cumberland	Tennessee			HTTU Sparganium americanum
HTTU028577	White	Tennessee			HTTU Sparganium americanum
HTTU016570	Cumberland	Tennessee			HTTU Sparganium americanum
HTTU016571	White	Tennessee			HTTU Sparganium americanum
HTTU016569	Cumberland	Tennessee			HTTU Sparganium americanum
HTTU034463	Knox	Tennessee	01 Sep 1998	Neal Dziepak 11	HTTU Sparganium americanum
UCHT038933	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Sparganium americanum
UCHT036354	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Sparganium americanum
UOS08379	Franklin	Tennessee	22 Sep 1996	Mary P. Priestley	UOS Sparganium americanum
UOS08380	Franklin	Tennessee	16 Sep 2004	Yolande M. Gottfried	UOS Sparganium americanum
UOS08381	Franklin	Tennessee	06 Oct 2007	Mary P. Priestley	UOS Sparganium americanum
ETSU031938	Carter	Tennessee		James T Donaldson	ETSU Sparganium americanum
31234100174141	Garrard	Kentucky	09 Aug 1983	Donna A. Godbey 445	EKY Sparganium americanum
31234100174174	Casey	Kentucky	17 Jul 1978	Barbara Jeffries 14A	EKY Sparganium americanum
31234100174158	Casey	Kentucky	23 Jun 1988	Bruce Hoagland 215	EKY Sparganium americanum
31234100174059	Madison	Kentucky	04 Jun 1993	Gary W. Libby OB-372	EKY Sparganium americanum
31234100174067	Madison	Kentucky	02 Jun 1993	Gary W. Libby 372	EKY Sparganium americanum
31234100174109	Garrard	Kentucky	25 May 1984	Donna A. Godbey 690	EKY Sparganium americanum
BEREA008640	Laurel	Kentucky			BEREA Sparganium americanum
BEREA008643	Madison	Kentucky			BEREA Sparganium americanum
BEREA008645	Madison	Kentucky			BEREA Sparganium americanum
BEREA008647	Putnam	Tennessee			BEREA Sparganium americanum
BEREA008644	Madison	Kentucky			BEREA Sparganium americanum
BEREA008641	Laurel	Kentucky			BEREA Sparganium americanum
APSC0098143	Overton	Tennessee			APSC Sparganium americanum
APSC0063205	Cumberland	Tennessee			APSC Sparganium americanum
MEM006603	Graves	Kentucky	11 Sep 1973	Raymond Athey 2565	MEM Sparganium americanum

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