Sparganium erectum Linnaeus 1753 (Family Sparganiaceae)


Flowers

Fruit

Height: 30-100cm
Rarely Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Rhizomatous, Persistent Seed Bank
Monoecious, Flowering June - September (Earliest: 22.6)

Biotopes:
Streams

Ponds

Peat Bogs and Mires
Pollination: Wind
Parasites:
Stagonospora typhoidearum
Herbivores:
Several Chrysomelidae
Possible Herbivores:
Elophila nymphaeata

Donacia vulgaris

Plateumaris affinis
Sapivores:
Aphis fabae

Ischnodemus sabuleti

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Branched Bur-reed


Pictures © 2003, 2004 J.K. Lindsey

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