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Collection Holdings native to Nevada:

Araceae

    Subfamily Lemnoideae

    • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

    Araliaceae

      Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

      • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

      Asparagaceae

        Subfamily Scilloideae
        Tribe Hyacintheae

        • Camassia quamash - western USA and Canada

        Asteraceae

          Subfamily Asteroideae
          Tribe Anthemideae

          • Artemisia tridentata - intermountain west USA
          • Artemisia tridentata subsp. vaseyana - western US

          Cactaceae

            Subfamily Cactoideae
            Tribe Cacteae

            • Ferocactus cylindraceus - southwestern USA, northern Mexico W/C

            Subfamily Opuntioideae
            Tribe Opuntieae

            • Opuntia fragilis - western US - wide distribution, but not common

            Ceratophyllaceae

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

            Convolvulaceae

              Subfamily Convolvuloideae
              Tribe Convolvuleae

              • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

              Cornaceae

              • Cornus sericea - Canada, USA, Mexico

              Crassulaceae

                Subfamily Sempervivoideae
                Tribe Sedeae

                • Dudleya pulverulenta - USA: MRO283, Vista, Ca W/C

                Equisetaceae

                • Equisetum hyemale - eastern North America

                Fagaceae

                  Subfamily Quercoideae

                  • Quercus gambelii - WC. & SC. U.S.A. to N. Mexico

                  Grossulariaceae

                  • Ribes cereum - western 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 vulgaris subsp. macrorhiza - Siberia to Russian Far East and N. China, N. Japan, N. America W/C

                  Martyniaceae

                  • Proboscidea parviflora - southwestern USA, northern Mexico

                  Nyctaginaceae

                  • Mirabilis laevis - western USA W/C

                  Pinaceae

                    Subfamily Pinoideae

                    • Pinus ponderosa - SW. Canada to N. Mexico

                    Polemoniaceae

                      Subfamily Polemonioideae
                      Tribe Polemonieae

                      • Polemonium viscosum - western North America

                      Santalaceae

                      • Phoradendron leucarpum - southern US & Mexico W/C

                      Saururaceae

                      • Anemopsis californica - W. & C. U.S.A. to Mexico W/C

                      Selaginellaceae

                      • Selaginella watsonii - western USA

                      Urticaceae

                        Subfamily
                        Tribe Urticeae

                        • Urtica dioica - widely naturalized in temperate climates

                        Zygophyllaceae

                          Subfamily Larreoideae

                          • Larrea tridentata - southwestern USA and Mexico
                          The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 27 accessions native to Nevada

                          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 Thu, 08 May 2025 02:08:28 -0400

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