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Collection Holdings from Eastern Canada:

Includes:

  1. LAB: Labrador
  2. NBR: New Brunswick
  3. NFL: Newfoundland
  4. NSC: Nova Scotia
  5. ONT: Ontario
  6. PEI: Prince Edward I.
  7. QUE: Québec

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 Heliantheae

          • Helianthus tuberosus - eastern North America

          Subfamily Asteroideae
          Tribe Senecioneae

          • Packera obovata -

          Cactaceae

            Subfamily Opuntioideae
            Tribe Opuntieae

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

            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 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

                  Lythraceae

                    Subfamily Lythroideae
                    Tribe Nesaeeae

                    • Decodon verticillatus - eastern USA and Canada W/C

                    Myricaceae

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

                    Orobanchaceae

                      Subfamily
                      Tribe Pedicularideae

                      • Pedicularis lanceolata - central & eastern US & Canada

                      Papaveraceae

                        Subfamily Fumarioideae
                        Tribe Fumarieae

                        • Capnoides sempervirens - USA, Canada W/C

                        Subfamily Papaveroideae
                        Tribe Chelidonieae

                        • Stylophorum diphyllum - central 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

                                Salviniaceae

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

                                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 41 accessions native to Eastern Canada

                                  W/C = Wild Collected
                                  = Currently Flowering
                                  = Image(s) Available
                                  = map available for this accession

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