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Collection Holdings native to Connecticut:

Acoraceae

  • Acorus calamus - Asia, N. America

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

          Asteraceae

            Subfamily Asteroideae
            Tribe Astereae

            • Solidago rigida - central & eastern US & Canada

            Subfamily Asteroideae
            Tribe Heliantheae

            • Helianthus tuberosus - eastern North America

            Cactaceae

              Subfamily Opuntioideae
              Tribe Opuntieae

              • Opuntia humifusa - eastern US W/C

              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

                Cornaceae

                • Cornus sericea - Canada, USA, Mexico

                Cystopteridaceae

                • Cystopteris bulbifera - eastern North America

                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.

                    Grossulariaceae

                    • Ribes hirtellum 'Pixwell' - northeastern 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

                    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

                    Lygodiaceae

                    • Lygodium palmatum - eastern USA

                    Lythraceae

                      Subfamily Lythroideae
                      Tribe Nesaeeae

                      • Decodon verticillatus - eastern USA and Canada W/C

                      Myricaceae

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

                      Oleaceae

                        Subfamily
                        Tribe Oleeae

                        • Fraxinus americana - USA W/C

                        Orobanchaceae

                          Subfamily
                          Tribe Pedicularideae

                          • Pedicularis lanceolata - central & eastern US & Canada

                          Papaveraceae

                            Subfamily Fumarioideae
                            Tribe Fumarieae

                            • Capnoides sempervirens - USA, Canada W/C

                            Penthoraceae

                            • Penthorum sedoides - central & eastern US & Canada

                            Pinaceae

                              Subfamily Abietoideae

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

                              Poaceae

                                Subfamily Panicoideae
                                Tribe Andropogoneae

                                • Schizachyrium scoparium - Canada to Mexico

                                Subfamily Panicoideae
                                Tribe Paniceae

                                • Panicum sphaerocarpon - SE. Canada to Ecuador, Cuba, SE. Brazil

                                Ranunculaceae

                                  Subfamily Isopyroideae
                                  Tribe Isopyreae

                                  • Aquilegia canadensis - USA, Canada W/C

                                  Subfamily Ranunculoideae
                                  Tribe Cimicifugeae

                                  • Actaea racemosa - eastern North America

                                  Rosaceae

                                    Subfamily Amygdaloideae
                                    Tribe Amygdaleae

                                    • Prunus maritima f. gravesii - coastal Connecticut

                                    Rubiaceae

                                      Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                      Tribe Cephalantheae

                                      • Cephalanthus occidentalis Sugar Shack - E. Canada to C. America, Cuba

                                      Sarraceniaceae

                                      • Sarracenia purpurea - Eastern N. America

                                      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
                                        The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 42 accessions native to Connecticut

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

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