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Collection Holdings native to Delaware:

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

            Convolvulaceae

              Subfamily Convolvuloideae
              Tribe Convolvuleae

              • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

              Cystopteridaceae

              • Cystopteris bulbifera - eastern North America

              Droseraceae

              • Drosera filiformis var. filiformis - eastern USA W/C

              Equisetaceae

              • Equisetum hyemale - eastern North America

              Fabaceae

                Subfamily Faboideae
                Tribe Phaseoleae

                • Apios americana - eastern North America

                Fagaceae

                  Subfamily Castaneoideae

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

                  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

                  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

                      Orobanchaceae

                        Subfamily
                        Tribe Pedicularideae

                        • Pedicularis lanceolata - central & eastern US & Canada

                        Penthoraceae

                        • Penthorum sedoides - central & eastern US & Canada

                        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

                            Santalaceae

                            • Phoradendron leucarpum - southern US & Mexico W/C

                            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 32 accessions native to Delaware

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

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