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Collection Holdings native to Utah:

Apocynaceae

    Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
    Tribe Asclepiadeae

    • Asclepias tuberosa - SE. Canada, U.S.A. to N. Mexico

    Araceae

      Subfamily Lemnoideae

      • Lemna minor - 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

              Cystopteridaceae

              • Cystopteris bulbifera - eastern North America

              Equisetaceae

              • Equisetum hyemale - eastern North America
              • Equisetum laevigatum - Wasatch Mtns, Utah, USA

              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.

                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

                  Poaceae

                    Subfamily Panicoideae
                    Tribe Andropogoneae

                    • Schizachyrium scoparium - Canada to Mexico

                    Polemoniaceae

                      Subfamily Polemonioideae
                      Tribe Polemonieae

                      • Polemonium viscosum - western North America

                      Pteridaceae

                        Subfamily Cheilanthoideae

                        • Cheilanthes eatonii - USA and Mexico

                        Rosaceae

                          Subfamily Dryadoideae
                          Tribe Dryadeae

                          • Cercocarpus montanus - western US

                          Rubiaceae

                            Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                            Tribe Cephalantheae

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

                            Saururaceae

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

                            Selaginellaceae

                            • Selaginella watsonii - western USA

                            Simmondsiaceae

                            • Simmondsia chinensis - southwestern North America

                            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 31 accessions native to Utah

                                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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