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Collection Holdings native to Rhode I.:

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

        Araliaceae

          Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

          • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

          Asteraceae

            Subfamily Asteroideae
            Tribe Astereae

            • Solidago rigida - central & eastern US & Canada

            Subfamily Asteroideae
            Tribe Eupatorieae

            • Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae - eastern US

            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

              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 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

                          • Castilleja coccinea -

                          Papaveraceae

                            Subfamily Fumarioideae
                            Tribe Fumarieae

                            • Capnoides sempervirens - USA, Canada W/C

                            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

                                Rubiaceae

                                  Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                  Tribe Cephalantheae

                                  • Cephalanthus occidentalis Sugar Shack - E. Canada to C. America, Cuba

                                  Sarraceniaceae

                                  • Sarracenia purpurea - Eastern N. America

                                  Urticaceae

                                    Subfamily
                                    Tribe Urticeae

                                    • Urtica dioica - widely naturalized in temperate climates

                                    Violaceae

                                    • Viola labradorica - eastern North America
                                    The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 36 accessions native to Rhode I.

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

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