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Collection Holdings native to Pennsylvania:

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

        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

                              Passifloraceae

                                Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                Tribe Passifloreae

                                • Passiflora lutea - eastern USA

                                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

                                      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 45 accessions native to Pennsylvania

                                          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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