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Collection Holdings native to British Columbia:

Acoraceae

  • Acorus calamus - Asia, N. America

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Allioideae
    Tribe Allieae

    • Allium schoenoprasum - Europe, Asia

    Araceae

      Subfamily Lemnoideae

      • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan
      • Wolffia columbiana - N & S America

      Asteraceae

        Subfamily Asteroideae
        Tribe Anthemideae

        • Artemisia tridentata - intermountain west USA

        Subfamily Asteroideae
        Tribe Astereae

        • Grindelia integrifolia - Oregon, Washington and British Columbia W/C

        Cactaceae

          Subfamily Opuntioideae
          Tribe Opuntieae

          • Opuntia fragilis - western US - wide distribution, but not common

          Ceratophyllaceae

          • Ceratophyllum demersum - cosmopolitan, native to all continents except Antarctica.

          Convolvulaceae

            Subfamily Convolvuloideae
            Tribe Convolvuleae

            • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

            Cornaceae

            • Cornus sericea - Canada, USA, Mexico

            Equisetaceae

            • Equisetum hyemale - eastern North America

            Grossulariaceae

            • Ribes cereum - western North America
            • Ribes sanguineum - western North America

            Hydrocharitaceae

            • Elodea canadensis - S. Canada to U.S.A.

            Juncaginaceae

            • Triglochin maritima - Temp. Northern Hemisphere, S. South America W/C

            Lentibulariaceae

            • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America
            • Utricularia vulgaris subsp. macrorhiza - Siberia to Russian Far East and N. China, N. Japan, N. America W/C

            Pinaceae

              Subfamily Pinoideae

              • Pinus ponderosa - SW. Canada to N. Mexico

              Poaceae

                Subfamily Panicoideae
                Tribe Andropogoneae

                • Schizachyrium scoparium - Canada to Mexico

                Rosaceae

                  Subfamily Amygdaloideae
                  Tribe Spiraeeae

                  • Holodiscus discolor - western North America

                  Subfamily Rosoideae
                  Tribe Potentilleae

                  • Fragaria chiloensis - western North America & disjunct population in Chile W/C

                  Sarraceniaceae

                  • Sarracenia purpurea - Eastern N. America

                  Selaginellaceae

                  • Selaginella densa - Colorado, USA W/C

                  Urticaceae

                    Subfamily
                    Tribe Urticeae

                    • Urtica dioica - widely naturalized in temperate climates
                    The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 24 accessions native to British Columbia

                    W/C = Wild Collected
                    = indicates flowering in past 14 days
                    = images available for this accession
                    = map available for this accession
                    = accession added within past 90 days

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