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Collection Holdings native to Iowa:

Acoraceae

  • Acorus calamus - Asia, N. America

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 Astereae

          • Solidago rigida - central & eastern US & Canada

          Subfamily Asteroideae
          Tribe Heliantheae

          • Helianthus tuberosus - eastern North America

          Boraginaceae

            Subfamily Hydrophylloideae

            • Hydrophyllum virginianum - central & eastern US & Canada

            Cactaceae

              Subfamily Opuntioideae
              Tribe Opuntieae

              • Opuntia fragilis - western US - wide distribution, but not common
              • Opuntia humifusa - eastern US W/C

              Ceratophyllaceae

              • Ceratophyllum demersum - cosmopolitan, native to all continents except Antarctica.

              Convolvulaceae

                Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                Tribe Convolvuleae

                • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

                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

                  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

                  Lythraceae

                    Subfamily Lythroideae
                    Tribe Nesaeeae

                    • Decodon verticillatus - eastern USA and Canada W/C

                    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

                        Pinaceae

                          Subfamily Abietoideae

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

                          Poaceae

                            Subfamily Panicoideae
                            Tribe Andropogoneae

                            • Schizachyrium scoparium - Canada to Mexico

                            Ranunculaceae

                              Subfamily Isopyroideae
                              Tribe Isopyreae

                              • Aquilegia canadensis - USA, Canada W/C

                              Smilacaceae

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

                              Urticaceae

                                Subfamily
                                Tribe Urticeae

                                • Urtica dioica - widely naturalized in temperate climates
                                The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 31 accessions native to Iowa

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

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