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Collection Holdings native to Louisiana:

Apocynaceae

    Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
    Tribe Asclepiadeae

    • Asclepias tuberosa - SE. Canada, U.S.A. to N. Mexico

    Araceae

      Subfamily Aroideae
      Tribe Pisteae

      • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

      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

          Aristolochiaceae

            Subfamily Asaroideae
            Tribe Sarumeae

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

                Cactaceae

                  Subfamily Opuntioideae
                  Tribe Opuntieae

                  • Opuntia humifusa - eastern US W/C

                  Cannaceae

                  • Canna indica - Trop. & Subtrop. America W/C
                  • Canna indica - S. America. W. Indies.

                  Clethraceae

                  • Clethra alnifolia - coastal eastern USA and Canada W/C

                  Convolvulaceae

                    Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                    Tribe Convolvuleae

                    • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

                    Cyperaceae

                      Subfamily Cyperoideae
                      Tribe Cypereae

                      • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                      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 -
                        • Vachellia farnesiana - widely naturalized, but probably native to S. USA and Mexico

                        Fagaceae

                          Subfamily Castaneoideae

                          • Castanea dentata - E. Canada to NC. & E. U.S.A.

                          Subfamily Quercoideae

                          • Quercus virginiana - SE. & SC. U.S.A.

                          Gelsemiaceae

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

                          Hydrocharitaceae

                          • Vallisneria americana - N. America to Honduras, Colombia, Caribbean

                          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

                          Liliaceae

                            Subfamily Lilioideae

                            • Lilium catesbaei - SE. U.S.A. 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

                              Marantaceae

                              • Thalia geniculata - Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America

                              Myricaceae

                              • Morella cerifera - southeastern US to Central America

                              Oleaceae

                                Subfamily
                                Tribe Oleeae

                                • Fraxinus americana - USA W/C

                                Orobanchaceae

                                  Subfamily
                                  Tribe Pedicularideae

                                  • Castilleja coccinea -

                                  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 Pinoideae

                                      • Pinus palustris - southeastern US

                                      Poaceae

                                        Subfamily Panicoideae
                                        Tribe Andropogoneae

                                        • Schizachyrium scoparium - Canada to Mexico

                                        Subfamily Panicoideae
                                        Tribe Paniceae

                                        • Stenotaphrum secundatum - SE. U.S.A. to E. & S. South America, W. Trop. Africa to Chad
                                        • Panicum sphaerocarpon - SE. Canada to Ecuador, Cuba, SE. Brazil

                                        Ranunculaceae

                                          Subfamily Coptidoideae
                                          Tribe Coptideae

                                          • Xanthorhiza simplicissima - southeastern USA

                                          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 alata - USA W/C
                                            • Sarracenia alata - Tylor County, Texas, USA W/C
                                            • Sarracenia alata - southeastern USA W/C
                                            • Sarracenia psittacina - southeastern USA
                                            • Sarracenia purpurea - Eastern N. America

                                            Schisandraceae

                                            • Illicium floridanum - Southeastern N. America - Florida to Louisiana.

                                            Smilacaceae

                                            • Smilax tamnoides - S. Ontario to C. & E. U.S.A.

                                            Talinaceae

                                            • Talinum paniculatum - southern US toSouth America

                                            Urticaceae

                                              Subfamily
                                              Tribe Urticeae

                                              • Urtica dioica - widely naturalized in temperate climates

                                              Xyridaceae

                                              • Xyris caroliniana - Eastern N. America - Ontario to New York & south to Florida
                                              The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 59 accessions native to Louisiana

                                              W/C = Wild Collected
                                              = indicates flowering in past 14 days
                                              = images available for this accession
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                                              = accession added within past 90 days

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