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Collection Holdings native to Ontario:

Acoraceae

  • Acorus calamus - Asia, N. America

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Allioideae
    Tribe Allieae

    • Allium schoenoprasum - Europe, Asia

    Araceae

      Subfamily Lemnoideae

      • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan
      • Wolffia columbiana - N & S America

      Asteraceae

        Subfamily Asteroideae
        Tribe Astereae

        • Solidago rigida - central & eastern US & Canada

        Subfamily Asteroideae
        Tribe Heliantheae

        • Helianthus tuberosus - eastern North America

        Boraginaceae

          Subfamily Hydrophylloideae

          • Hydrophyllum virginianum - central & eastern US & Canada

          Cactaceae

            Subfamily Opuntioideae
            Tribe Opuntieae

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

            Ceratophyllaceae

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

            Colchicaceae

              Subfamily
              Tribe Uvularieae

              • Uvularia grandiflora - SC. & SE. Canada to NC. & E. U.S.A.

              Convolvulaceae

                Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                Tribe Convolvuleae

                • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

                Cystopteridaceae

                • Cystopteris bulbifera - eastern North America

                Equisetaceae

                • Equisetum hyemale - eastern North America

                Fabaceae

                  Subfamily Faboideae
                  Tribe Amorpheae

                  • Amorpha canescens - USA and Canada

                  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

                      Orobanchaceae

                        Subfamily
                        Tribe Pedicularideae

                        • Castilleja coccinea -
                        • Pedicularis lanceolata - central & eastern US & Canada

                        Papaveraceae

                          Subfamily Papaveroideae
                          Tribe Chelidonieae

                          • Stylophorum diphyllum - central USA

                          Penthoraceae

                          • Penthorum sedoides - central & eastern US & Canada

                          Pinaceae

                            Subfamily Abietoideae

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

                            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 Ranunculoideae
                                Tribe Cimicifugeae

                                • Actaea racemosa - eastern North America

                                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 purpurea - Eastern N. America

                                  Selaginellaceae

                                  • Selaginella densa - Colorado, USA W/C

                                  Smilacaceae

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

                                  Urticaceae

                                    Subfamily
                                    Tribe Urticeae

                                    • Urtica dioica - widely naturalized in temperate climates

                                    Violaceae

                                    • Viola labradorica - eastern North America
                                    The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 38 accessions native to Ontario

                                    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 Sun, 17 Feb 2019 02:08:22 -0500

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