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Collection Holdings from North-Central U.S.A.:

Includes:

  1. ILL: Illinois
  2. IOW: Iowa
  3. KAN: Kansas
  4. MIN: Minnesota
  5. MSO: Missouri
  6. NDA: North Dakota
  7. NEB: Nebraska
  8. OKL: Oklahoma
  9. SDA: South Dakota
  10. WIS: Wisconsin

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
        • Spirodela punctata - Trop. America to C. Chile
        • Wolffia columbiana - N & S America

        Araliaceae

          Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

          • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

          Arecaceae

            Subfamily Coryphoideae
            Tribe Corypheae

            • Sabal minor - southeastern US W/C

            Asparagaceae

              Subfamily Agavoideae
              Tribe Agaveae

              • Yucca glauca - Central N. America - Iowa to Texas and N. Dakota.

              Asteraceae

                Subfamily Asteroideae
                Tribe Anthemideae

                • Artemisia tridentata - intermountain west USA
                • Artemisia tridentata subsp. vaseyana - western US

                Subfamily Asteroideae
                Tribe Astereae

                • Solidago rigida - central & eastern US & Canada
                • Ericameria nauseosa var. nauseosa - western plains & rocky mountains, USA

                Subfamily Asteroideae
                Tribe Heliantheae

                • Helianthus tuberosus - eastern North America

                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.

                  Convolvulaceae

                    Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                    Tribe Convolvuleae

                    • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

                    Cornaceae

                    • Cornus sericea - Canada, USA, Mexico

                    Cyperaceae

                      Subfamily Cyperoideae
                      Tribe Cypereae

                      • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                      Cystopteridaceae

                      • Cystopteris bulbifera - eastern North America

                      Dryopteridaceae

                      • Polystichum munitum - western USA, Canada W/C

                      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 gambelii - WC. & SC. U.S.A. to N. Mexico

                          Grossulariaceae

                          • Ribes cereum - western North America
                          • 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

                          Loganiaceae

                          • Spigelia marilandica - southeastern USA

                          Lythraceae

                            Subfamily Lythroideae
                            Tribe Nesaeeae

                            • Decodon verticillatus - eastern USA and Canada W/C

                            Martyniaceae

                            • Proboscidea louisianica - southwestern United States and Mexico

                            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

                                • 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

                                  Passifloraceae

                                    Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                    Tribe Passifloreae

                                    • Passiflora incarnata - south-central and southeastern USA, Bermuda
                                    • Passiflora lutea - eastern USA

                                    Penthoraceae

                                    • Penthorum sedoides - central & eastern US & Canada

                                    Phytolaccaceae

                                    • Rivina humilis - S. US & trop America

                                    Pinaceae

                                      Subfamily Abietoideae

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

                                      Subfamily Pinoideae

                                      • Pinus ponderosa - SW. Canada to N. Mexico

                                      Poaceae

                                        Subfamily Panicoideae
                                        Tribe Andropogoneae

                                        • Schizachyrium scoparium - Canada to Mexico

                                        Subfamily Panicoideae
                                        Tribe Paniceae

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

                                        Pteridaceae

                                          Subfamily Cheilanthoideae

                                          • Cheilanthes eatonii - USA and Mexico

                                          Ranunculaceae

                                            Subfamily Isopyroideae
                                            Tribe Isopyreae

                                            • Aquilegia canadensis - USA, Canada W/C

                                            Subfamily Ranunculoideae
                                            Tribe Cimicifugeae

                                            • Actaea racemosa - eastern North America

                                            Rosaceae

                                              Subfamily Dryadoideae
                                              Tribe Dryadeae

                                              • Cercocarpus montanus - western US
                                              • Purshia tridentata - western US & Canada

                                              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

                                                Santalaceae

                                                • Phoradendron leucarpum - southern US & Mexico W/C

                                                Sarraceniaceae

                                                • Sarracenia purpurea - Eastern N. America

                                                Saururaceae

                                                • Anemopsis californica - W. & C. U.S.A. to Mexico W/C

                                                Selaginellaceae

                                                • Selaginella cf. peruviana - N.Mex., Okla., Tex.; Mexico; South 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 65 accessions native to North-Central U.S.A.

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

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