Bulrushes and Bur-reeds

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Bulrushes & Bur-reeds - Typhaceae

Southern Bulrush      Typha domingensis

Native throughout the warm temperate and tropical wetlands of the World.

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Branched Bur-reed      Sparganium erectum

Native throughout Europe, northern and central Asia and the Mediterranean Region. Flowers carried in rounded balls on branched spikes, the male flowers in clusters above the females. Female flowers produce spike-like fruiting bodies.

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