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Collection Holdings native to Masachusettes:

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

              Commelinaceae

                Subfamily Commelinoideae
                Tribe Tradescantieae

                • Tradescantia x Andersoniana - NE. U.S.A.

                Convolvulaceae

                  Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                  Tribe Convolvuleae

                  • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

                  Cornaceae

                  • Cornus sericea - Canada, USA, Mexico

                  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 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

                                    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

                                      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 44 accessions native to Masachusettes

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

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