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Collection Holdings native to Colorado:

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

        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

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

            Subfamily Asteroideae
            Tribe Heliantheae

            • Helianthus tuberosus - eastern North America

            Cactaceae

              Subfamily Opuntioideae
              Tribe Opuntieae

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

              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

                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

                    Hydrocharitaceae

                    • Elodea canadensis - S. Canada to U.S.A.

                    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

                    Martyniaceae

                    • Proboscidea louisianica - southwestern United States and Mexico

                    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

                          Pteridaceae

                            Subfamily Cheilanthoideae

                            • Cheilanthes eatonii - USA and Mexico

                            Rosaceae

                              Subfamily Dryadoideae
                              Tribe Dryadeae

                              • Cercocarpus montanus - western US

                              Saururaceae

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

                              Urticaceae

                                Subfamily
                                Tribe Urticeae

                                • Urtica dioica - widely naturalized in temperate climates

                                Violaceae

                                • Viola labradorica - eastern North America
                                The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 31 accessions native to Colorado

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

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