Typhaceae
Sparganium americanum Nutt.
Sparganium americanum Nutt.
Sparganium americanum (American bur-reed) is a perennial monocot wetland plant native to the US and Canada that provides wildlife food and helps retain nutrients from runoff.
Sparganium angustifolium Michx.
Sparganium angustifolium Michx.
Sparganium angustifolium, or floating/narrowleaf bur-reed, is a circumboreal aquatic perennial herb in the cattail family.
Sparganium emersum Rehmann
Sparganium emersum Rehmann
Sparganium emersum is a circumboreal perennial aquatic flowering plant in the cattail family, commonly called European or unbranched bur-reed.
Sparganium erectum L.
Sparganium erectum L.
Sparganium erectum, simplestem or branched bur-reed, is a perennial Sparganium species fed on by Plusia festucae moth larvae.
Sparganium eurycarpum Engelm.
Sparganium eurycarpum Engelm.
Sparganium eurycarpum Engelm. (broadfruit/giant bur-reed) is a perennial wetland plant native to Eurasia and North America, eaten by muskrats and waterfowl.
Sparganium gramineum Georgi
Sparganium gramineum Georgi
Sparganium gramineum is a flowering plant species in the Typhaceae family native from Norway to Japan.
Typha angustifolia L.
Typha angustifolia L.
Typha angustifolia L. is a wetland cattail species distinguished from Typha latifolia by narrower leaves and a gap between its male and female flower clusters.
Typha capensis (Rohrb.) N.E.Br.
Typha capensis (Rohrb.) N.E.Br.
Typha capensis is an aquatic plant found in Africa and Brazil, whose rhizomes are used medicinally in southern Africa.
Typha domingensis Pers.
Typha domingensis Pers.
Typha domingensis, or southern cattail, is a widespread perennial cattail with documented medicinal and water purification uses.
Typha latifolia L.
Typha latifolia L.
Typha latifolia L. (broadleaf cattail) is a widespread obligate wetland plant with various documented traditional and local uses.
Typha laxmannii Lepech.
Typha laxmannii Lepech.
The graceful cattail Typha laxmannii is a short widespread European and Asian wetland plant with separated male and female flowers.
Typha orientalis C.Presl
Typha orientalis C.Presl
Typha orientalis C.Presl is a perennial wetland herb with a range of traditional uses for Māori in New Zealand.
Typha minima Funck
Typha minima Funck
Typha minima Funck, the smallest cattail, is a rare aquatic plant found across temperate Europe and Asia.
Sparganium natans L.
Sparganium natans L.
Sparganium natans, least or small bur-reed, is a circumboreal aquatic bur-reed found in shallow calm water across multiple regions.
Sparganium glomeratum (Laest. ex Beurl.) Beurl.
Sparganium glomeratum (Laest. ex Beurl.) Beurl.
Sparganium glomeratum, clustered bur-reed, is a circumpolar aquatic bur-reed species native to high elevation lakes and marshes across three continents.
Sparganium fluctuans (Engelm.) B.L.Rob.
Sparganium fluctuans (Engelm.) B.L.Rob.
Sparganium fluctuans, or floating bur-reed, is a North American bur-reed listed as endangered in Connecticut.
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