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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 Eupatorieae

            • Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae - eastern US

            Subfamily Asteroideae
            Tribe Heliantheae

            • Helianthus tuberosus - eastern North America

            Boraginaceae

              Subfamily Hydrophylloideae

              • Hydrophyllum virginianum - central & eastern US & Canada

              Bromeliaceae

                Subfamily Tillandsioideae

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

                Cactaceae

                  Subfamily Opuntioideae
                  Tribe Opuntieae

                  • Opuntia humifusa - eastern US W/C

                  Clethraceae

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

                  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 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 - SE. & SC. U.S.A.

                          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

                                  • Castilleja coccinea -
                                  • 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 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

                                          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

                                              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 59 accessions native to Virginia

                                                W/C = Wild Collected
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                                                = accession added within past 90 days

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