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Collection Holdings native to Nova Scotia:

Acoraceae

  • Acorus calamus - Asia, N. America

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Allioideae
    Tribe Allieae

    • Allium schoenoprasum - Europe, Asia

    Araceae

      Subfamily Lemnoideae

      • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

      Asteraceae

        Subfamily Asteroideae
        Tribe Heliantheae

        • Helianthus tuberosus - eastern North America

        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 Phaseoleae

            • Apios americana - eastern North America

            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

              Papaveraceae

                Subfamily Fumarioideae
                Tribe Fumarieae

                • Capnoides sempervirens - USA, Canada W/C

                Pinaceae

                  Subfamily Abietoideae

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

                  Poaceae

                    Subfamily Panicoideae
                    Tribe Andropogoneae

                    • Schizachyrium scoparium - Canada to Mexico

                    Ranunculaceae

                      Subfamily Isopyroideae
                      Tribe Isopyreae

                      • Aquilegia canadensis - USA, Canada W/C

                      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 25 accessions native to Nova Scotia

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

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