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Collection Holdings from Southeastern U.S.A.:

Includes:

  1. ALA: Alabama
  2. ARK: Arkansas
  3. DEL: Delaware
  4. FLA: Florida
  5. GEO: Georgia
  6. KTY: Kentucky
  7. LOU: Louisiana
  8. MRY: Maryland
  9. MSI: Mississippi
  10. NCA: North Carolina
  11. SCA: South Carolina
  12. TEN: Tennessee
  13. VRG: Virginia
  14. WDC: District of Columbia

Apocynaceae

    Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
    Tribe Asclepiadeae

    • Asclepias tuberosa - SE. Canada, U.S.A. to N. Mexico

    Araceae

      Subfamily Aroideae
      Tribe Pisteae

      • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

      Subfamily Lemnoideae

      • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan
      • Wolffia columbiana - N & S America

      Araliaceae

        Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

        • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

        Arecaceae

          Subfamily Coryphoideae
          Tribe Corypheae

          • Sabal minor - southeastern US W/C
          • Sabal palmetto - SE. U.S.A. to W. Cuba

          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 Coreopsideae

              • Coreopsis tinctoria - southern Canada to northern Mexico

              Subfamily Asteroideae
              Tribe Eupatorieae

              • Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae - eastern US

              Subfamily Asteroideae
              Tribe Heliantheae

              • Helianthus tuberosus - eastern North America

              Subfamily Asteroideae
              Tribe Senecioneae

              • Packera obovata -

              Bignoniaceae

                Subfamily
                Tribe Tecomeae

                • Tecoma stans - tropical America

                Boraginaceae

                  Subfamily Hydrophylloideae

                  • Hydrophyllum virginianum - central & eastern US & Canada

                  Bromeliaceae

                    Subfamily Tillandsioideae

                    • Tillandsia recurvata - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                    • Tillandsia simulata - centra Florida
                    • Tillandsia simulata - southern Florida, USA
                    • Tillandsia usneoides - USA W/C
                    • Tillandsia usneoides - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                    • Tillandsia usneoides - Peru W/C
                    • Tillandsia usneoides - Dominican Republic W/C

                    Burseraceae

                    • Bursera simaruba - Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca

                    Cactaceae

                      Subfamily Cactoideae
                      Tribe Cereeae

                      • Pilosocereus polygonus - Dominican Republic W/C

                      Capparaceae

                      • Quadrella cyanophallophora - caribbean and s. Florida

                      Caprifoliaceae

                        Subfamily Diervilloideae

                        • Diervilla rivularis Kodiak Red - southeastern US

                        Ceratophyllaceae

                        • Ceratophyllum demersum - cosmopolitan, native to all continents except Antarctica.

                        Clethraceae

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

                        Clusiaceae

                          Subfamily
                          Tribe Clusieae

                          • Clusia rosea - Caribbean region

                          Colchicaceae

                            Subfamily
                            Tribe Uvularieae

                            • Uvularia grandiflora - SC. & SE. Canada to NC. & E. U.S.A.

                            Combretaceae

                              Subfamily Combretoideae
                              Tribe Laguncularieae

                              • Laguncularia racemosa - Both coasts of tropical America

                              Convolvulaceae

                                Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                                Tribe Convolvuleae

                                • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

                                Cyperaceae

                                  Subfamily Cyperoideae
                                  Tribe Cypereae

                                  • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                                  Cystopteridaceae

                                  • Cystopteris bulbifera - eastern North America

                                  Droseraceae

                                  • Dionaea muscipula - E. North Carolina to E. South Carolina, Florida
                                  • Drosera capillaris - Liberty County, Florida, USA W/C
                                  • Drosera filiformis var. filiformis - eastern USA W/C
                                  • Drosera filiformis var. tracyi - SE. U.S.A.

                                  Equisetaceae

                                  • Equisetum hyemale - eastern North America

                                  Eriocaulaceae

                                    Subfamily Eriocauloideae

                                    • Eriocaulon decangulare - southeastern US

                                    Euphorbiaceae

                                      Subfamily Acalyphoideae
                                      Tribe Acalypheae

                                      • Acalypha chamaedrifolia - S. Florida to Caribbean

                                      Fabaceae

                                        Subfamily Faboideae
                                        Tribe Amorpheae

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

                                        Subfamily Faboideae
                                        Tribe Dalbergieae

                                        • Aeschynomene virginica - eastern US to Mexico

                                        Subfamily Faboideae
                                        Tribe Phaseoleae

                                        • Apios americana - eastern North America

                                        Subfamily Mimosoideae
                                        Tribe Acacieae

                                        • Acacia angustissima -
                                        • Vachellia farnesiana - widely naturalized, but probably native to S. USA and Mexico

                                        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

                                          Goodeniaceae

                                          • Scaevola plumieri - Tropical Africa & America

                                          Grossulariaceae

                                          • Ribes hirtellum 'Pixwell' - northeastern North America

                                          Hydrocharitaceae

                                          • Elodea canadensis - S. Canada to U.S.A.
                                          • Vallisneria americana - N. America to Honduras, Colombia, Caribbean

                                          Lamiaceae

                                            Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                            Tribe Mentheae

                                            • Monarda citriodora - C. & S. U.S.A. to Mexico

                                            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

                                              Linderniaceae

                                              • Lindernia grandiflora - southeastern US

                                              Loganiaceae

                                              • Spigelia marilandica - southeastern USA

                                              Lythraceae

                                                Subfamily Lythroideae
                                                Tribe Nesaeeae

                                                • Decodon verticillatus - eastern USA and Canada W/C

                                                Malvaceae

                                                  Subfamily Malvoideae
                                                  Tribe Hibisceae

                                                  • Hibiscus acetosella 'Haight Ashbury' - eastern & central Africa

                                                  Marantaceae

                                                  • Thalia geniculata - Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America

                                                  Myricaceae

                                                  • Morella cerifera - southeastern US to Central America
                                                  • Myrica gale - circumboreal; northern and western Europe, North America

                                                  Myrtaceae

                                                    Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                                    Tribe Myrteae

                                                    • Psidium guajava - Trop. & Subtrop. America

                                                    Oleaceae

                                                      Subfamily
                                                      Tribe Oleeae

                                                      • Fraxinus americana - USA W/C

                                                      Orchidaceae

                                                        Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                        Tribe Epidendreae

                                                        • Epidendrum magnoliae - SE. U.S.A. to NE. Mexico
                                                        • Epidendrum nocturnum - S. Florida, Mexico to Trop. America
                                                        • Epidendrum rigidum - I. Socorro, S. Florida, Trop. America
                                                        • Restrepiella ophiocephala - S. Florida, S. Mexico to Colombia

                                                        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
                                                              • Passiflora pallens - Florida, Cuba, Domincian Republic, Haiti

                                                              Subfamily Turneroideae

                                                              • Turnera ulmifolia - West Indies, Mexico

                                                              Penthoraceae

                                                              • Penthorum sedoides - central & eastern US & Canada

                                                              Phytolaccaceae

                                                              • Rivina humilis - S. US & trop America

                                                              Pinaceae

                                                                Subfamily Abietoideae

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

                                                                Subfamily Pinoideae

                                                                • Pinus palustris - southeastern US

                                                                Piperaceae

                                                                  Subfamily Piperoideae

                                                                  • Peperomia obtusifolia - tropical America and S. Florida

                                                                  Poaceae

                                                                    Subfamily Chloridoideae
                                                                    Tribe Zoysieae

                                                                    • Spartina bakeri - USA

                                                                    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

                                                                      Rhizophoraceae

                                                                        Subfamily
                                                                        Tribe Rhizophoreae

                                                                        • Rhizophora mangle - tropical 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 alata - southeastern USA W/C
                                                                          • Sarracenia alata - USA W/C
                                                                          • Sarracenia alata - Tylor County, Texas, USA W/C
                                                                          • Sarracenia flava - Southeastern N. America - Virginia and N. Carolina to Florida
                                                                          • Sarracenia flava var. flava - southeastern USA W/C
                                                                          • Sarracenia flava var. rubricorpa - Milton, Florida, USA
                                                                          • Sarracenia leucophylla - southeastern USA W/C
                                                                          • Sarracenia leucophylla - southeastern USA
                                                                          • Sarracenia minor - southeastern USA, North Carolina to Florida
                                                                          • Sarracenia oreophila - northern Alabama, North Carolina, and Georgia, USA W/C
                                                                          • Sarracenia psittacina - southeastern USA
                                                                          • Sarracenia purpurea - Eastern N. America
                                                                          • Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea - eastern United States and Canada W/C
                                                                          • Sarracenia rosea - southeastern USA
                                                                          • Sarracenia rubra ssp. alabamensis - Alabama, USA
                                                                          • Sarracenia rubra ssp. jonesii - N & S Carolina W/C

                                                                          Schisandraceae

                                                                          • Illicium floridanum - Southeastern N. America - Florida to Louisiana.
                                                                          • Illicium parviflorum - Florida, USA

                                                                          Smilacaceae

                                                                          • Smilax tamnoides - S. Ontario to C. & E. U.S.A.

                                                                          Talinaceae

                                                                          • Talinum paniculatum - southern US toSouth America

                                                                          Theaceae

                                                                            Subfamily Larinae
                                                                            Tribe Gordonieae

                                                                            • Franklinia alatamaha - Marshall County, Georgia, USA

                                                                            Urticaceae

                                                                              Subfamily
                                                                              Tribe Urticeae

                                                                              • Urtica dioica - widely naturalized in temperate climates

                                                                              Verbenaceae

                                                                                Subfamily
                                                                                Tribe Petreae

                                                                                • Petrea volubilis - Florida, Mexico to Trop. America

                                                                                Violaceae

                                                                                • Viola labradorica - eastern North America

                                                                                Vitaceae

                                                                                  Subfamily Vitoideae

                                                                                  • Cissus verticillata - northern South America

                                                                                  Xyridaceae

                                                                                  • Xyris caroliniana - Eastern N. America - Ontario to New York & south to Florida

                                                                                  Zygophyllaceae

                                                                                    Subfamily Zygophylloideae
                                                                                    Tribe Larreoideae

                                                                                    • Guaiacum sanctum - Florida, Mexico to northern South America, West Indies
                                                                                    The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 119 accessions native to Southeastern U.S.A.

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

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