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Collection Holdings native to Alberta:

Acoraceae

  • Acorus calamus - Asia, N. America

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

          Cactaceae

            Subfamily Opuntioideae
            Tribe Opuntieae

            • Opuntia fragilis - western US - wide distribution, but not common

            Convolvulaceae

              Subfamily Convolvuloideae
              Tribe Convolvuleae

              • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

              Equisetaceae

              • Equisetum hyemale - eastern North America

              Grossulariaceae

              • Ribes hirtellum 'Pixwell' - northeastern North America

              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

              Myricaceae

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

              Papaveraceae

                Subfamily Fumarioideae
                Tribe Fumarieae

                • Capnoides sempervirens - USA, Canada W/C

                Pinaceae

                  Subfamily Abietoideae

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

                  Poaceae

                    Subfamily Panicoideae
                    Tribe Andropogoneae

                    • Schizachyrium scoparium - Canada to Mexico

                    Polemoniaceae

                      Subfamily Polemonioideae
                      Tribe Polemonieae

                      • Polemonium viscosum - western North America

                      Sarraceniaceae

                      • Sarracenia purpurea - Eastern N. America

                      Urticaceae

                        Subfamily
                        Tribe Urticeae

                        • Urtica dioica - widely naturalized in temperate climates
                        The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 21 accessions native to Alberta

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

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