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Collection Holdings native to District of Columbia:

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

      Asteraceae

        Subfamily Asteroideae
        Tribe Heliantheae

        • Helianthus tuberosus - eastern North America

        Boraginaceae

          Subfamily Hydrophylloideae

          • Hydrophyllum virginianum - central & eastern US & Canada

          Convolvulaceae

            Subfamily Convolvuloideae
            Tribe Convolvuleae

            • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

            Equisetaceae

            • Equisetum hyemale - eastern North America

            Fabaceae

              Subfamily Faboideae
              Tribe Phaseoleae

              • Apios americana - eastern North America

              Hydrocharitaceae

              • 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

              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

                    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 Ranunculoideae
                        Tribe Cimicifugeae

                        • Actaea racemosa - eastern North America

                        Sarraceniaceae

                        • Sarracenia purpurea - Eastern N. America

                        Smilacaceae

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

                        Violaceae

                        • Viola labradorica - eastern North America
                        The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 22 accessions native to District of Columbia

                        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

                        data regenerated on Wed, 22 Mar 2023 02:08:41 -0400

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