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Collection Holdings native to Arkansas:

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

        Arecaceae

          Subfamily Coryphoideae
          Tribe Corypheae

          • Sabal minor - southeastern US W/C

          Asteraceae

            Subfamily Asteroideae
            Tribe Astereae

            • Solidago rigida - central & eastern US & Canada

            Subfamily Asteroideae
            Tribe Heliantheae

            • Helianthus tuberosus - eastern North America

            Bromeliaceae

              Subfamily Tillandsioideae

              • Tillandsia usneoides - USA W/C
              • Tillandsia usneoides - Peru W/C
              • Tillandsia usneoides - Dominican Republic W/C
              • Tillandsia usneoides - Trop. & Subtrop. America

              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

                Subfamily Mimosoideae
                Tribe Acacieae

                • Acacia angustissima -

                Gelsemiaceae

                • Gelsemium sempervirens - Southeastern N. America - Florida to Texas, N to Arkansas & W. Virginia

                Hydrocharitaceae

                • Elodea canadensis - S. Canada to U.S.A.

                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

                  • Morella cerifera - southeastern US to Central America

                  Oleaceae

                    Subfamily
                    Tribe Oleeae

                    • Fraxinus americana - USA W/C

                    Papaveraceae

                      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 Pinoideae

                          • Pinus palustris - southeastern US

                          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

                                Santalaceae

                                • Phoradendron leucarpum - southern US & Mexico W/C

                                Smilacaceae

                                • Smilax tamnoides - S. Ontario to C. & E. U.S.A.
                                The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 36 accessions native to Arkansas

                                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

                                data regenerated on Fri, 30 May 2025 02:08:03 -0400

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