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Collection Holdings native to Connecticut:

Acoraceae

  • Acorus calamus - Asia, N. America

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Allioideae
    Tribe Allieae

    • Allium schoenoprasum - Europe, Asia

    Apocynaceae

      Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
      Tribe Asclepiadeae

      • Asclepias tuberosa - SE. Canada, U.S.A. to N. Mexico

      Araceae

        Subfamily Lemnoideae

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

        Araliaceae

          Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

          • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

          Asteraceae

            Subfamily Asteroideae
            Tribe Astereae

            • Solidago rigida - central & eastern US & Canada

            Subfamily Asteroideae
            Tribe Eupatorieae

            • Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae - eastern US

            Subfamily Asteroideae
            Tribe Heliantheae

            • Helianthus tuberosus - eastern North America

            Boraginaceae

              Subfamily Hydrophylloideae

              • Hydrophyllum virginianum - central & eastern US & Canada

              Cactaceae

                Subfamily Opuntioideae
                Tribe Opuntieae

                • Opuntia humifusa - eastern US W/C

                Ceratophyllaceae

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

                Clethraceae

                • Clethra alnifolia - coastal eastern USA and Canada W/C

                Colchicaceae

                  Subfamily
                  Tribe Uvularieae

                  • Uvularia grandiflora - SC. & SE. Canada to NC. & E. U.S.A.

                  Convolvulaceae

                    Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                    Tribe Convolvuleae

                    • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

                    Cornaceae

                    • Cornus sericea - Canada, USA, Mexico

                    Cystopteridaceae

                    • Cystopteris bulbifera - eastern North America

                    Equisetaceae

                    • Equisetum hyemale - eastern North America

                    Fabaceae

                      Subfamily Faboideae
                      Tribe Amorpheae

                      • Amorpha fruticosa - originally from se USA, now widespread across North America

                      Subfamily Faboideae
                      Tribe Phaseoleae

                      • Apios americana - eastern North America

                      Fagaceae

                        Subfamily Castaneoideae

                        • Castanea dentata - E. Canada to NC. & E. U.S.A.

                        Grossulariaceae

                        • Ribes hirtellum 'Pixwell' - northeastern North America

                        Hydrocharitaceae

                        • Elodea canadensis - S. Canada to U.S.A.
                        • Vallisneria americana - N. America to Honduras, Colombia, Caribbean

                        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

                        Lygodiaceae

                        • Lygodium palmatum - eastern USA

                        Lythraceae

                          Subfamily Lythroideae
                          Tribe Nesaeeae

                          • Decodon verticillatus - eastern USA and Canada W/C

                          Myricaceae

                          • Myrica gale - circumboreal; northern and western Europe, North America

                          Oleaceae

                            Subfamily
                            Tribe Oleeae

                            • Fraxinus americana - USA W/C

                            Orobanchaceae

                              Subfamily
                              Tribe Pedicularideae

                              • Castilleja coccinea -
                              • Pedicularis lanceolata - central & eastern US & Canada

                              Papaveraceae

                                Subfamily Fumarioideae
                                Tribe Fumarieae

                                • Capnoides sempervirens - USA, Canada W/C

                                Penthoraceae

                                • Penthorum sedoides - central & eastern US & Canada

                                Pinaceae

                                  Subfamily Abietoideae

                                  • Abies balsamea - northeastern USA and eastern Canada W/C

                                  Poaceae

                                    Subfamily Panicoideae
                                    Tribe Andropogoneae

                                    • Schizachyrium scoparium - Canada to Mexico

                                    Subfamily Panicoideae
                                    Tribe Paniceae

                                    • Panicum sphaerocarpon - SE. Canada to Ecuador, Cuba, SE. Brazil

                                    Ranunculaceae

                                      Subfamily Isopyroideae
                                      Tribe Isopyreae

                                      • Aquilegia canadensis - USA, Canada W/C

                                      Subfamily Ranunculoideae
                                      Tribe Cimicifugeae

                                      • Actaea racemosa - eastern North America

                                      Rosaceae

                                        Subfamily Amygdaloideae
                                        Tribe Amygdaleae

                                        • Prunus maritima f. gravesii - coastal Connecticut

                                        Rubiaceae

                                          Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                          Tribe Cephalantheae

                                          • Cephalanthus occidentalis Sugar Shack - E. Canada to C. America, Cuba

                                          Sarraceniaceae

                                          • Sarracenia purpurea - Eastern N. America

                                          Smilacaceae

                                          • Smilax tamnoides - S. Ontario to C. & E. U.S.A.

                                          Urticaceae

                                            Subfamily
                                            Tribe Urticeae

                                            • Urtica dioica - widely naturalized in temperate climates

                                            Violaceae

                                            • Viola labradorica - eastern North America
                                            The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 46 accessions native to Connecticut

                                            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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