The upper staminate flower heads are greenish brown, while the lower pistillate ones are a dense cluster of small white flowers. Leaves narrow and nearly flat. (Photographed - late June)

Large Fruited Burreed ( or Bur-reed)

Large Fruited Burreed ( or Bur-reed)

Sparganium eurycarpum

Bur Reed Family - Sparganiaceae

Aquatic plant with grass-like leaves and a zig-zag stalk with globular heads of separate male and female flowers.

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