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Collection Holdings native to Washington:

Acoraceae

  • Acorus calamus - Asia, N. America

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Allioideae
    Tribe Allieae

    • Allium schoenoprasum - Europe, Asia

    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

          Subfamily Asteroideae
          Tribe Astereae

          • Grindelia integrifolia - Oregon, Washington and British Columbia W/C

          Subfamily Asteroideae
          Tribe Heliantheae

          • Helianthus tuberosus - eastern North America

          Cactaceae

            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

              Dryopteridaceae

              • Polystichum munitum - western USA, Canada W/C

              Equisetaceae

              • Equisetum hyemale - eastern North America

              Grossulariaceae

              • Ribes cereum - western 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

              Myricaceae

              • Myrica gale - circumboreal; northern and western Europe, North America

              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

                      • Aspidotis densa - western USA and Canada

                      Rosaceae

                        Subfamily Dryadoideae
                        Tribe Dryadeae

                        • Purshia tridentata - western US & Canada

                        Subfamily Rosoideae
                        Tribe Potentilleae

                        • Fragaria chiloensis - western North America & disjunct population in Chile W/C

                        Sarraceniaceae

                        • Sarracenia purpurea - Eastern N. America

                        Urticaceae

                          Subfamily
                          Tribe Urticeae

                          • Urtica dioica - widely naturalized in temperate climates
                          The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 29 accessions native to Washington

                          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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