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Collection Holdings native to Maine:

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

        Asteraceae

          Subfamily Asteroideae
          Tribe Heliantheae

          • Helianthus tuberosus - eastern North America

          Ceratophyllaceae

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

          Clethraceae

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

          Convolvulaceae

            Subfamily Convolvuloideae
            Tribe Convolvuleae

            • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

            Cornaceae

            • Cornus sericea - Canada, USA, Mexico

            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.

                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

                Lythraceae

                  Subfamily Lythroideae
                  Tribe Nesaeeae

                  • Decodon verticillatus - eastern USA and Canada W/C

                  Myricaceae

                  • Myrica gale - circumboreal; northern and western Europe, North America

                  Oleaceae

                    Subfamily
                    Tribe Oleeae

                    • Fraxinus americana - USA W/C

                    Papaveraceae

                      Subfamily Fumarioideae
                      Tribe Fumarieae

                      • Capnoides sempervirens - USA, Canada W/C

                      Penthoraceae

                      • Penthorum sedoides - central & eastern US & Canada

                      Pinaceae

                        Subfamily Abietoideae

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

                        Poaceae

                          Subfamily Panicoideae
                          Tribe Paniceae

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

                          Rubiaceae

                            Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                            Tribe Cephalantheae

                            • Cephalanthus occidentalis Sugar Shack - E. Canada to C. America, Cuba

                            Sarraceniaceae

                            • Sarracenia purpurea - Eastern N. America

                            Urticaceae

                              Subfamily
                              Tribe Urticeae

                              • Urtica dioica - widely naturalized in temperate climates

                              Violaceae

                              • Viola labradorica - eastern North America
                              The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 32 accessions native to Maine

                              W/C = Wild Collected
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