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Collection Holdings native to Tennessee:

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

      Araliaceae

        Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

        • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

        Aristolochiaceae

          Subfamily Asaroideae
          Tribe Sarumeae

          • Asarum arifolium - southeastern USA W/C

          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

              Caprifoliaceae

                Subfamily Diervilloideae

                • Diervilla rivularis Kodiak Red - southeastern US

                Clethraceae

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

                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 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.

                      Gelsemiaceae

                      • Gelsemium sempervirens - Southeastern N. America - Florida to Texas, N to Arkansas & W. Virginia

                      Hydrocharitaceae

                      • Elodea canadensis - S. Canada to U.S.A.
                      • Vallisneria americana - N. America to Honduras, Colombia, Caribbean

                      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

                      Loganiaceae

                      • Spigelia marilandica - southeastern USA

                      Lygodiaceae

                      • Lygodium palmatum - eastern USA

                      Lythraceae

                        Subfamily Lythroideae
                        Tribe Nesaeeae

                        • Decodon verticillatus - eastern USA and Canada W/C

                        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

                              Subfamily Papaveroideae
                              Tribe Chelidonieae

                              • Stylophorum diphyllum - central USA

                              Passifloraceae

                                Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                Tribe Passifloreae

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

                                Penthoraceae

                                • Penthorum sedoides - central & eastern US & Canada

                                Poaceae

                                  Subfamily Panicoideae
                                  Tribe Andropogoneae

                                  • Schizachyrium scoparium - Canada to Mexico

                                  Subfamily Panicoideae
                                  Tribe Paniceae

                                  • Stenotaphrum secundatum - SE. U.S.A. to E. & S. South America, W. Trop. Africa to Chad
                                  • Panicum sphaerocarpon - SE. Canada to Ecuador, Cuba, SE. Brazil

                                  Ranunculaceae

                                    Subfamily Coptidoideae
                                    Tribe Coptideae

                                    • Xanthorhiza simplicissima - southeastern USA

                                    Subfamily Isopyroideae
                                    Tribe Isopyreae

                                    • Aquilegia canadensis - USA, Canada W/C

                                    Subfamily Ranunculoideae
                                    Tribe Cimicifugeae

                                    • Actaea racemosa - eastern North America

                                    Santalaceae

                                    • Phoradendron leucarpum - southern US & Mexico W/C

                                    Sarraceniaceae

                                    • Sarracenia oreophila - northern Alabama, North Carolina, and Georgia, 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 42 accessions native to Tennessee

                                      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

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