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Collection Holdings native to Wyoming:

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Allioideae
    Tribe Allieae

    • Allium schoenoprasum - Europe, Asia

    Araceae

      Subfamily Lemnoideae

      • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

      Asparagaceae

        Subfamily Agavoideae
        Tribe Agaveae

        • Yucca glauca - Central N. America - Iowa to Texas and N. Dakota.

        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

          • Solidago rigida - central & eastern US & Canada
          • Ericameria nauseosa var. nauseosa - western plains & rocky mountains, USA

          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

              Equisetaceae

              • Equisetum hyemale - eastern North America

              Fabaceae

                Subfamily Faboideae
                Tribe Amorpheae

                • Amorpha fruticosa - originally from se USA, now widespread across North America

                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

                  Pinaceae

                    Subfamily Pinoideae

                    • Pinus ponderosa - SW. Canada to N. Mexico

                    Poaceae

                      Subfamily Panicoideae
                      Tribe Andropogoneae

                      • Schizachyrium scoparium - Canada to Mexico

                      Pteridaceae

                        Subfamily Cheilanthoideae

                        • Aspidotis densa - western USA and Canada

                        Rosaceae

                          Subfamily Dryadoideae
                          Tribe Dryadeae

                          • Cercocarpus montanus - western US
                          • Purshia tridentata - western US & Canada

                          Selaginellaceae

                          • Selaginella watsonii - western USA

                          Urticaceae

                            Subfamily
                            Tribe Urticeae

                            • Urtica dioica - widely naturalized in temperate climates
                            The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 27 accessions native to Wyoming

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

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