The Virginia Tech Biological Sciences Greenhouse Teaching Plant Collection

The Virginia Tech Biological Sciences Greenhouse Teaching Plant Collection provides educational opportunities and experiences through the availability of high quality plant specimens. The Teaching Plant Collection features over 300 species, hosting a variety of interesting and important genera, including aquatic, desert, tropical, local, rare and endangered species. Our teaching plant collection has been specifically acquired and maintained to meet the needs of the undergraduate courses.

LIST OF GREENHOUSE PLANTS

Classification based on APG II

Arranged Alphabetically by Family in Each Division

MARCHANTIOPHYTA: Liverworts

BRYOPHYTA: Mosses

LYCOPODIOPHYTA:Club Mosses

MONILOPHYTES: Ferns and Horsetails

PINOPHYTA: Conifers

CYCADOPHYTA: Cycads

GINKGOPHYTA: Ginkgo

GNETOPHYTA: Gnetae

MAGNOLIOPHYTA: Flowering Plants