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Collection Holdings native to North Carolina:

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

        Arecaceae

          Subfamily Coryphoideae
          Tribe Corypheae

          • Sabal minor - southeastern US W/C
          • Sabal palmetto - SE. U.S.A. to W. Cuba

          Aristolochiaceae

            Subfamily Asaroideae
            Tribe Sarumeae

            • Asarum arifolium - southeastern USA W/C

            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

                Bromeliaceae

                  Subfamily Tillandsioideae

                  • Tillandsia usneoides - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                  • Tillandsia usneoides - Peru W/C
                  • Tillandsia usneoides - Dominican Republic W/C
                  • Tillandsia usneoides - USA W/C

                  Cactaceae

                    Subfamily Opuntioideae
                    Tribe Opuntieae

                    • Opuntia humifusa - eastern US W/C

                    Caprifoliaceae

                      Subfamily Diervilloideae

                      • Diervilla rivularis Kodiak Red - southeastern US

                      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

                          Cyperaceae

                            Subfamily Cyperoideae
                            Tribe Cypereae

                            • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                            Cystopteridaceae

                            • Cystopteris bulbifera - eastern North America

                            Droseraceae

                            • Dionaea muscipula - E. North Carolina to E. South Carolina, Florida

                            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.

                                Subfamily Quercoideae

                                • Quercus virginiana - SE. & SC. U.S.A.

                                Gelsemiaceae

                                • Gelsemium sempervirens - Southeastern N. America - Florida to Texas, N to Arkansas & W. Virginia

                                Hydrocharitaceae

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

                                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

                                Liliaceae

                                  Subfamily Lilioideae

                                  • Lilium catesbaei - SE. U.S.A. W/C

                                  Loganiaceae

                                  • Spigelia marilandica - southeastern USA

                                  Lygodiaceae

                                  • Lygodium palmatum - eastern USA

                                  Lythraceae

                                    Subfamily Lythroideae
                                    Tribe Nesaeeae

                                    • Decodon verticillatus - eastern USA and Canada W/C

                                    Myricaceae

                                    • Morella cerifera - southeastern US to Central America
                                    • 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

                                          Passifloraceae

                                            Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                            Tribe Passifloreae

                                            • Passiflora lutea - eastern USA

                                            Penthoraceae

                                            • Penthorum sedoides - central & eastern US & Canada

                                            Pinaceae

                                              Subfamily Pinoideae

                                              • Pinus palustris - southeastern US

                                              Poaceae

                                                Subfamily Panicoideae
                                                Tribe Andropogoneae

                                                • Schizachyrium scoparium - Canada to Mexico

                                                Subfamily Panicoideae
                                                Tribe Paniceae

                                                • Stenotaphrum secundatum - SE. U.S.A. to E. & S. South America, W. Trop. Africa to Chad
                                                • Panicum sphaerocarpon - SE. Canada to Ecuador, Cuba, SE. Brazil

                                                Ranunculaceae

                                                  Subfamily Coptidoideae
                                                  Tribe Coptideae

                                                  • Xanthorhiza simplicissima - southeastern USA

                                                  Subfamily Isopyroideae
                                                  Tribe Isopyreae

                                                  • Aquilegia canadensis - USA, Canada W/C

                                                  Subfamily Ranunculoideae
                                                  Tribe Cimicifugeae

                                                  • Actaea racemosa - eastern North America

                                                  Rubiaceae

                                                    Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                                    Tribe Cephalantheae

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

                                                    Salviniaceae

                                                    • Azolla caroliniana - Mass to Wisc., s to W. Indies

                                                    Sarraceniaceae

                                                    • Sarracenia flava - Southeastern N. America - Virginia and N. Carolina to Florida
                                                    • Sarracenia flava var. flava - southeastern USA W/C
                                                    • Sarracenia minor - southeastern USA, North Carolina to Florida
                                                    • Sarracenia oreophila - northern Alabama, North Carolina, and Georgia, USA W/C
                                                    • Sarracenia purpurea - Eastern N. America
                                                    • Sarracenia rubra ssp. jonesii - N & S Carolina W/C

                                                    Smilacaceae

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

                                                    Talinaceae

                                                    • Talinum paniculatum - southern US toSouth America

                                                    Urticaceae

                                                      Subfamily
                                                      Tribe Urticeae

                                                      • Urtica dioica - widely naturalized in temperate climates

                                                      Violaceae

                                                      • Viola labradorica - eastern North America

                                                      Xyridaceae

                                                      • Xyris caroliniana - Eastern N. America - Ontario to New York & south to Florida
                                                      The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 65 accessions native to North Carolina

                                                      W/C = Wild Collected
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                                                      = accession added within past 90 days

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