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Collection Holdings native to Virginia:

Acoraceae

  • Acorus calamus - Asia, N. America

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

            Bromeliaceae

              Subfamily Tillandsioideae

              • Tillandsia usneoides - Trop. & Subtrop. America
              • Tillandsia usneoides - Peru W/C
              • Tillandsia usneoides - USA W/C
              • Tillandsia usneoides - Dominican Republic W/C

              Cactaceae

                Subfamily Opuntioideae
                Tribe Opuntieae

                • Opuntia humifusa - eastern US W/C

                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.

                      Subfamily Quercoideae

                      • Quercus virginiana - southeastern USA

                      Gelsemiaceae

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

                      Grossulariaceae

                      • Ribes hirtellum 'Pixwell' - northeastern North America

                      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

                      Liliaceae

                        Subfamily Lilioideae

                        • Lilium catesbaei - SE. U.S.A. 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

                          Myricaceae

                          • Morella cerifera - southeastern US to Central 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

                                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

                                  Pinaceae

                                    Subfamily Abietoideae

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

                                    Subfamily Pinoideae

                                    • Pinus palustris - southeastern US

                                    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

                                      Pteridaceae

                                        Subfamily Cheilanthoideae

                                        • Cheilanthes eatonii - USA and Mexico

                                        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

                                          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

                                            Santalaceae

                                            • Phoradendron leucarpum - southern US & Mexico W/C

                                            Sarraceniaceae

                                            • Sarracenia flava - Southeastern N. America - Virginia and N. Carolina to Florida
                                            • Sarracenia flava var. flava - southeastern USA W/C
                                            • 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

                                              Xyridaceae

                                              • Xyris caroliniana - Eastern N. America - Ontario to New York & south to Florida
                                              The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 58 accessions native to Virginia

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

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