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Collection Holdings from Northwestern U.S.A.:

Includes:

  1. COL: Colorado
  2. IDA: Idaho
  3. MNT: Montana
  4. ORE: Oregon
  5. WAS: Washington
  6. WYO: Wyoming

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Allioideae
    Tribe Allieae

    • Allium schoenoprasum - Europe, Asia

    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

          Asparagaceae

            Subfamily Agavoideae
            Tribe Agaveae

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

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

              Subfamily Asteroideae
              Tribe Coreopsideae

              • Coreopsis tinctoria - southern Canada to northern Mexico

              Subfamily Asteroideae
              Tribe Heliantheae

              • Helianthus tuberosus - eastern North America

              Cactaceae

                Subfamily Opuntioideae
                Tribe Opuntieae

                • Opuntia fragilis - western US - wide distribution, but not common
                • Opuntia sp. - S. Utah, W. Colo., New Me

                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

                  Cupressaceae

                    Subfamily Sequoioideae

                    • Sequoia sempervirens - Southwestern N. America - Oregon to California.

                    Ephedraceae

                    • Ephedra viridis - Southwestern N. America - California to Colorado and Arizona

                    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 Quercoideae

                        • Quercus gambelii - WC. & SC. U.S.A. to N. Mexico

                        Grossulariaceae

                        • Ribes cereum - western North America
                        • Ribes hirtellum 'Pixwell' - northeastern North America
                        • Ribes sanguineum - 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

                        Lauraceae

                        • Umbellularia californica - Oregon & California

                        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

                        Martyniaceae

                        • Proboscidea louisianica - southwestern United States and Mexico
                        • Proboscidea louisianica - southwestern United States and Mexico

                        Myricaceae

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

                        Nyctaginaceae

                        • Mirabilis laevis - western USA W/C

                        Papaveraceae

                          Subfamily Fumarioideae
                          Tribe Fumarieae

                          • Capnoides sempervirens - USA, Canada 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

                                Rosaceae

                                  Subfamily Amygdaloideae
                                  Tribe Spiraeeae

                                  • Holodiscus discolor - western North America

                                  Subfamily Dryadoideae
                                  Tribe Dryadeae

                                  • Cercocarpus montanus - western US
                                  • 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

                                  Saururaceae

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

                                  Selaginellaceae

                                  • Selaginella densa - Colorado, USA W/C
                                  • Selaginella watsonii - western USA

                                  Urticaceae

                                    Subfamily
                                    Tribe Urticeae

                                    • Urtica dioica - widely naturalized in temperate climates

                                    Violaceae

                                    • Viola labradorica - eastern North America
                                    The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 51 accessions native to Northwestern U.S.A.

                                    W/C = Wild Collected
                                    = Currently Flowering
                                    = Image(s) Available
                                    = map available for this accession

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