trefle.io · Taken Jun 23, 2014 by Alain Lagrave (cc-by-sa)
Typhaceae
Branched bur-reed
Sparganium erectum
Also known as Sparganium, Simplestem bur-reed, Bur-reed
Native Plants · Bur-Reed · Sparganium · Aquatic · Marginal · Pond · Wetland · Native · Perennial · Water Garden · Wildlife
Branched bur-reed is an aquatic marginal plant best suited to pond edges, streams, or constructed wetlands where its roots can remain submerged or saturated year-round. It prefers full sun to light shade and requires no supplemental watering as long as water levels are maintained. This robust, low-maintenance plant provides excellent wildlife habitat and naturalises readily in water gardens.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Requires permanent access to water; grow at pond margins or in shallow water up to 6 inches deep · Keep in standing or constantly saturated conditions
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 24 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece
- Attracts
- Birds, Bees
Sources: trefle, usda
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