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Collection Holdings from Northeastern U.S.A.:

Includes:

  1. CNT: Connecticut
  2. INI: Indiana
  3. MAI: Maine
  4. MAS: Masachusettes
  5. MIC: Michigan
  6. NWH: New Hampshire
  7. NWJ: New Jersey
  8. NWY: New York
  9. OHI: Ohio
  10. PEN: Pennsylvania
  11. RHO: Rhode I.
  12. VER: Vermont
  13. WVA: West Virginia

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

        Araliaceae

          Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

          • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

          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 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

              Commelinaceae

                Subfamily Commelinoideae
                Tribe Tradescantieae

                • Tradescantia x Andersoniana - NE. 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

                  Droseraceae

                  • Drosera filiformis var. filiformis - eastern USA 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

                    Subfamily Mimosoideae
                    Tribe Acacieae

                    • Acacia angustissima -

                    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

                      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

                            • 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

                                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 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

                                      Rosaceae

                                        Subfamily Amygdaloideae
                                        Tribe Amygdaleae

                                        • Prunus maritima f. gravesii - coastal Connecticut

                                        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
                                          • Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea - eastern United States and Canada 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

                                            Xyridaceae

                                            • Xyris caroliniana - Eastern N. America - Ontario to New York & south to Florida
                                            The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 56 accessions native to Northeastern U.S.A.

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

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