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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

        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 21 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 Fri, 09 May 2025 02:08:42 -0400

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