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Collection Holdings native to Mississippi:

Apocynaceae

    Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
    Tribe Asclepiadeae

    • Asclepias tuberosa - SE. Canada, U.S.A. to N. Mexico

    Araceae

      Subfamily Aroideae
      Tribe Pisteae

      • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

      Subfamily Lemnoideae

      • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan
      • Wolffia columbiana - N & S America

      Araliaceae

        Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

        • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

        Arecaceae

          Subfamily Coryphoideae
          Tribe Corypheae

          • Sabal minor - southeastern US W/C

          Aristolochiaceae

            Subfamily Asaroideae
            Tribe Sarumeae

            • Asarum arifolium - southeastern USA W/C

            Asteraceae

              Subfamily Asteroideae
              Tribe Astereae

              • Solidago rigida - central & eastern US & Canada

              Subfamily Asteroideae
              Tribe Heliantheae

              • Helianthus tuberosus - eastern North America

              Bromeliaceae

                Subfamily Tillandsioideae

                • Tillandsia usneoides - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                • Tillandsia usneoides - Peru W/C
                • Tillandsia usneoides - Dominican Republic W/C
                • Tillandsia usneoides - USA W/C

                Cactaceae

                  Subfamily Opuntioideae
                  Tribe Opuntieae

                  • Opuntia humifusa - eastern US W/C

                  Clethraceae

                  • Clethra alnifolia - coastal eastern USA and Canada W/C

                  Convolvulaceae

                    Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                    Tribe Convolvuleae

                    • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

                    Cyperaceae

                      Subfamily Cyperoideae
                      Tribe Cypereae

                      • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                      Droseraceae

                      • Drosera filiformis var. filiformis - eastern USA W/C
                      • Drosera filiformis var. tracyi - SE. U.S.A.

                      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.

                          Subfamily Quercoideae

                          • Quercus virginiana - southeastern USA

                          Gelsemiaceae

                          • Gelsemium sempervirens - Southeastern N. America - Florida to Texas, N to Arkansas & W. Virginia

                          Hydrocharitaceae

                          • Vallisneria americana - N. America to Honduras, Colombia, Caribbean

                          Lentibulariaceae

                          • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America

                          Liliaceae

                            Subfamily Lilioideae

                            • Lilium catesbaei - SE. U.S.A. 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

                                Passifloraceae

                                  Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                  Tribe Passifloreae

                                  • Passiflora incarnata - south-central and southeastern USA, Bermuda
                                  • Passiflora lutea - eastern USA

                                  Penthoraceae

                                  • Penthorum sedoides - central & eastern US & Canada

                                  Phytolaccaceae

                                  • Rivina humilis - S. US & trop America

                                  Pinaceae

                                    Subfamily Pinoideae

                                    • Pinus palustris - southeastern US

                                    Poaceae

                                      Subfamily Panicoideae
                                      Tribe Andropogoneae

                                      • Schizachyrium scoparium - Canada to Mexico

                                      Subfamily Panicoideae
                                      Tribe Paniceae

                                      • Stenotaphrum secundatum - SE. U.S.A. to E. & S. South America, W. Trop. Africa to Chad
                                      • Panicum sphaerocarpon - SE. Canada to Ecuador, Cuba, SE. Brazil

                                      Ranunculaceae

                                        Subfamily Coptidoideae
                                        Tribe Coptideae

                                        • Xanthorhiza simplicissima - southeastern USA

                                        Salviniaceae

                                        • Azolla caroliniana - Mass to Wisc., s to W. Indies

                                        Santalaceae

                                        • Phoradendron leucarpum - southern US & Mexico W/C

                                        Sarraceniaceae

                                        • Sarracenia alata - USA W/C
                                        • Sarracenia alata - Tylor County, Texas, USA W/C
                                        • Sarracenia alata - southeastern USA W/C
                                        • Sarracenia leucophylla - southeastern USA
                                        • Sarracenia leucophylla - southeastern USA W/C
                                        • Sarracenia psittacina - southeastern USA
                                        • Sarracenia purpurea - Eastern N. America
                                        • Sarracenia rosea - southeastern USA
                                        • Sarracenia rosea 'Manmaru' - southeastern USA

                                        Schisandraceae

                                        • Illicium floridanum - Southeastern N. America - Florida to Louisiana.

                                        Smilacaceae

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

                                        Urticaceae

                                          Subfamily
                                          Tribe Urticeae

                                          • Urtica dioica - widely naturalized in temperate climates

                                          Xyridaceae

                                          • Xyris caroliniana - Eastern N. America - Ontario to New York & south to Florida
                                          The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 56 accessions native to Mississippi

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

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