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Collection Holdings native to Alabama:

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

        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 Heliantheae

              • Helianthus tuberosus - eastern North America

              Bromeliaceae

                Subfamily Tillandsioideae

                • Tillandsia usneoides - USA W/C
                • Tillandsia usneoides - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                • Tillandsia usneoides - Peru W/C
                • Tillandsia usneoides - Dominican Republic W/C

                Cactaceae

                  Subfamily Opuntioideae
                  Tribe Opuntieae

                  • Opuntia humifusa - eastern US W/C

                  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

                    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

                        • 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

                        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 Castaneoideae

                            • Castanea dentata - E. Canada to NC. & E. U.S.A.

                            Subfamily Quercoideae

                            • Quercus virginiana - southeastern USA

                            Gelsemiaceae

                            • Gelsemium sempervirens - Southeastern N. America - Florida to Texas, N to Arkansas & W. Virginia

                            Hydrocharitaceae

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

                            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

                              Loganiaceae

                              • Spigelia marilandica - southeastern USA

                              Lygodiaceae

                              • Lygodium palmatum - eastern USA

                              Lythraceae

                                Subfamily Lythroideae
                                Tribe Nesaeeae

                                • Decodon verticillatus - eastern USA and Canada W/C

                                Myricaceae

                                • Morella cerifera - southeastern US to Central America

                                Oleaceae

                                  Subfamily
                                  Tribe Oleeae

                                  • Fraxinus americana - USA W/C

                                  Papaveraceae

                                    Subfamily Papaveroideae
                                    Tribe Chelidonieae

                                    • Stylophorum diphyllum - central USA

                                    Passifloraceae

                                      Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                      Tribe Passifloreae

                                      • Passiflora incarnata - south-central and southeastern USA, Bermuda
                                      • Passiflora lutea - eastern USA

                                      Penthoraceae

                                      • Penthorum sedoides - central & eastern US & Canada

                                      Pinaceae

                                        Subfamily Pinoideae

                                        • Pinus palustris - southeastern US

                                        Poaceae

                                          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

                                            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

                                              Santalaceae

                                              • Phoradendron leucarpum - southern US & Mexico W/C

                                              Sarraceniaceae

                                              • Sarracenia alata - Tylor County, Texas, USA W/C
                                              • Sarracenia alata - southeastern USA W/C
                                              • Sarracenia alata - USA W/C
                                              • Sarracenia flava - Southeastern N. America - Virginia and N. Carolina to Florida
                                              • Sarracenia flava var. flava - southeastern USA W/C
                                              • Sarracenia leucophylla - southeastern USA
                                              • Sarracenia leucophylla - southeastern USA W/C
                                              • Sarracenia oreophila - northern Alabama, North Carolina, and Georgia, USA W/C
                                              • Sarracenia psittacina - southeastern USA
                                              • Sarracenia purpurea - Eastern N. America
                                              • Sarracenia rosea - southeastern USA
                                              • Sarracenia rosea 'Manmaru' - southeastern USA

                                              Schisandraceae

                                              • Illicium floridanum - Southeastern N. America - Florida to Louisiana.

                                              Smilacaceae

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

                                              Urticaceae

                                                Subfamily
                                                Tribe Urticeae

                                                • Urtica dioica - widely naturalized in temperate climates

                                                Violaceae

                                                • Viola labradorica - eastern North America

                                                Xyridaceae

                                                • Xyris caroliniana - Eastern N. America - Ontario to New York & south to Florida
                                                The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 70 accessions native to Alabama

                                                W/C = Wild Collected
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                                                = accession added within past 90 days

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