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Identified by beekeepers and pollination biologists as an important pollen or nectar source (honey plant) for honey bees. This information was provided by the Pollinator Program at The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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| Ilex verticillata | Common winterberry Michigan holly Black alder | |
| Larrea tridentata | Creosote bush Greasewood Hediondilla Governadora Guamis | |
| Liriodendron tulipifera | Tulip tree Tulip poplar Yellow poplar | |
| Lythrum alatum | Winged lythrum | |
| Malus angustifolia | Southern crabapple Wild crabapple | |
| Malus coronaria | Sweet crabapple American crab | |
| Malus fusca | Oregon crabapple Pacific Crabapple | |
| Malus ioensis | Prairie crabapple Iowa crabapple | |
| Malus ioensis var. texana | Texas crabapple Blanco Crabapple | |
| Melilotus officinalis | Yellow sweetclover White Sweet Clover | |
| Monarda punctata | Spotted beebalm Spotted horsemint Horsemint | |
| Monarda punctata ssp. punctata var. lasiodonta | Spotted beebalm | |
| Monarda punctata ssp. punctata var. villicaulis | Spotted beebalm | |
| Nyssa aquatica | Water tupelo Blackgum Sourgum | |
| Nyssa ogeche | Ogeechee tupelo Ogeechee lime | |
| Nyssa sylvatica | Blackgum Black tupelo Sourgum Tupelo Pepperridge | |
| Oligoneuron rigidum | Stiff goldenrod Hard-leaf Goldenrod | |
| Oligoneuron riddellii | Riddell's goldenrod | |
| Oligoneuron rigidum var. rigidum | Stiff goldenrod | |
| Oxydendrum arboreum | Sourwood Sorrel tree | |
| Physocarpus opulifolius | Atlantic ninebark Common ninebark | |
| Phacelia tanacetifolia | Lacy phacelia Lacy scorpion-weed | |
| Prunus americana | American plum Wild plum | |
| Prosopis glandulosa | Honey mesquite | |
| Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa | Honey mesquite | |
| Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana | Western honey mesquite Torrey mesquite Western mesquite | |
| Prosopis pubescens | Screwbean mesquite American screw-bean Tornillo | |
| Prunus serotina | Black cherry Rum cherry | |
| Prosopis velutina | Velvet mesquite | |
| Pycnanthemum albescens | Whiteleaf mountain mint | |
| Pycnanthemum incanum | Hoary mountain mint Silverleaf mountain mint | |
| Pycnanthemum muticum | Clustered mountainmint | |
| Pycnanthemum tenuifolium | Narrowleaf mountain mint Slender mountain mint Common horsemint | |
| Pycnanthemum torrei | Torrey's mountainmint | |
| Pycnanthemum virginianum | Virginia mountain mint | |
| Rhus aromatica | Fragrant sumac Aromatic sumac Lemon sumac Polecat bush | |
| Rhus aromatica var. serotina | Fragrant sumac | |
| Rhus copallinum | Winged sumac Shining sumac Flameleaf sumac Mountain sumac Dwarf sumac | |
| Rhus glabra | Smooth sumac | |
| Rhus trilobata var. pilosissima | Pubescent skunkbush sumac Downy aromatic sumac Downy fragrant sumac | |
| Rhus typhina | Staghorn sumac Velvet sumac | |
| Robinia hispida | Bristly locust Standing sweet pea | |
| Robinia neomexicana | New Mexico locust Mescal bean | |
| Robinia pseudoacacia | Black locust Honey locust | |
| Robinia viscosa | Clammy locust | |
| Rubus allegheniensis | Allegheny blackberry | |
| Rubus deliciosus | Delicious raspberry Rocky Mountain Raspberry | |
| Rubus idaeus | American red raspberry Wild Red Raspberry | |
| Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus | Grayleaf red raspberry Red raspberry | |
| Rudbeckia laciniata | Cutleaf coneflower Green-head coneflower Cut-leaf coneflower | |
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