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Collection Holdings native to Pennsylvania:

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 Astereae

          • Solidago rigida - central & eastern US & Canada

          Subfamily Asteroideae
          Tribe Heliantheae

          • Helianthus tuberosus - eastern North America

          Cactaceae

            Subfamily Opuntioideae
            Tribe Opuntieae

            • Opuntia humifusa - eastern US W/C

            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

                  Lygodiaceae

                  • Lygodium palmatum - eastern USA

                  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

                      Orobanchaceae

                        Subfamily
                        Tribe Pedicularideae

                        • Pedicularis lanceolata - central & eastern US & Canada

                        Papaveraceae

                          Subfamily Fumarioideae
                          Tribe Fumarieae

                          • Capnoides sempervirens - USA, Canada W/C

                          Passifloraceae

                            Subfamily Passifloroideae
                            Tribe Passifloreae

                            • Passiflora incarnata - south-central and southeastern USA, Bermuda
                            • Passiflora lutea - eastern 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 Isopyroideae
                                  Tribe Isopyreae

                                  • Aquilegia canadensis - USA, Canada W/C

                                  Subfamily Ranunculoideae
                                  Tribe Cimicifugeae

                                  • Actaea racemosa - eastern North America

                                  Rubiaceae

                                    Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                    Tribe Cephalantheae

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

                                    Santalaceae

                                    • Phoradendron leucarpum - southern US & Mexico W/C

                                    Sarraceniaceae

                                    • Sarracenia purpurea - Eastern N. America

                                    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 43 accessions native to Pennsylvania

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

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