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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 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 fragilis - western US - wide distribution, but not common
                    • Opuntia humifusa - eastern US W/C

                    Ceratophyllaceae

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

                    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

                        Cyperaceae

                          Subfamily Cyperoideae
                          Tribe Cypereae

                          • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                          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.

                              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

                                    • Castilleja coccinea -
                                    • 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 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

                                            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

                                                  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
                                                  • Selaginella densa - Colorado, USA W/C

                                                  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 66 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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