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Collection Holdings native to Virginia:

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

      Araliaceae

        Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

        • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

        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 Eupatorieae

            • Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae - eastern US

            Subfamily Asteroideae
            Tribe Heliantheae

            • Helianthus tuberosus - eastern North America

            Boraginaceae

              Subfamily Hydrophylloideae

              • Hydrophyllum virginianum - central & eastern US & Canada

              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

                    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

                      Fagaceae

                        Subfamily Castaneoideae

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

                        Subfamily Quercoideae

                        • Quercus virginiana - SE. & SC. U.S.A.

                        Gelsemiaceae

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

                        Grossulariaceae

                        • Ribes hirtellum 'Pixwell' - northeastern North America

                        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

                        Liliaceae

                          Subfamily Lilioideae

                          • Lilium catesbaei - SE. U.S.A. W/C

                          Loganiaceae

                          • Spigelia marilandica - southeastern USA

                          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

                                Papaveraceae

                                  Subfamily Fumarioideae
                                  Tribe Fumarieae

                                  • Capnoides sempervirens - USA, Canada W/C

                                  Subfamily Papaveroideae
                                  Tribe Chelidonieae

                                  • Stylophorum diphyllum - central USA

                                  Passifloraceae

                                    Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                    Tribe Passifloreae

                                    • Passiflora lutea - eastern USA

                                    Penthoraceae

                                    • Penthorum sedoides - central & eastern US & Canada

                                    Pinaceae

                                      Subfamily Abietoideae

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

                                      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

                                        Pteridaceae

                                          Subfamily Cheilanthoideae

                                          • Cheilanthes eatonii - USA and Mexico

                                          Ranunculaceae

                                            Subfamily Coptidoideae
                                            Tribe Coptideae

                                            • Xanthorhiza simplicissima - southeastern USA

                                            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 flava - Southeastern N. America - Virginia and N. Carolina to Florida
                                              • Sarracenia flava var. flava - southeastern USA W/C
                                              • 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

                                                Xyridaceae

                                                • Xyris caroliniana - Eastern N. America - Ontario to New York & south to Florida
                                                The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 58 accessions native to Virginia

                                                W/C = Wild Collected
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