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Special Value to Native Bees
Recognized by pollination ecologists as attracting large numbers of native 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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| Pycnanthemum torrei | Torrey's Mountainmint | |
| Pycnanthemum virginianum | Virginia Mountain Mint | |
| Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat Red-spike Mexican Hat Upright Prairie Coneflower Prairie Coneflower Long-headed Coneflower Thimbleflower | |
| Ranunculus fascicularis | Early Buttercup Tufted Buttercup Prairie Buttercup | |
| Ranunculus occidentalis | Western Buttercup | |
| Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis | Western Buttercup | |
| Ratibida pinnata | Grayhead Coneflower Gray-headed Coneflower Grayhead Mexican Hat Gray-headed Mexican Hat Pinnate Prairie Coneflower Yellow Coneflower | |
| 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 Wing-rib Sumac Black Sumac Upland Sumac | |
| Rhododendron flammeum | Piedmont Azalea Oconee Azalea | |
| Rhus glabra | Smooth Sumac | |
| Rhamnus ilicifolia | Hollyleaf Redberry Holly-leaf Buckthorn | |
| Rhus integrifolia | Lemonade Sumac Lemonadeberry | |
| Rhus lanceolata | Prairie Flameleaf Sumac Flameleaf Sumac Prairie Sumac Lance-leaf Sumac Lance-leaved Sumac Texas Sumac Tree Sumac Limestone Sumac Prairie Shining Sumac | |
| Rhus microphylla | Littleleaf Sumac Desert Sumac Correosa Agritos | |
| Rhus ovata | Sugar Sumac Sugarbush | |
| Rhus trilobata | Skunkbush Skunkbush Sumac Fragrant Sumac Aromatic Sumac Scented Sumac Ill-scented Sumac Basketbush Squawbush | |
| Rhus trilobata var. pilosissima | Downy Fragrant Sumac Downy Aromatic Sumac Pubescent Skunkbush Sumac | |
| Rhus trilobata var. trilobata | Skunkbush Sumac | |
| Rhus typhina | Staghorn Sumac Velvet Sumac | |
| Rhus virens | Evergreen Sumac Tobacco Sumac Lambrisco Lentrisco | |
| Rhus virens var. choriophylla | Mearn Sumac Evergreen Sumac | |
| Ribes americanum | American Black Currant Wild Black Currant | |
| Ribes aureum | Golden Currant | |
| Ribes aureum var. villosum | Clove Currant Golden Currant Buffalo Currant Missouri Currant | |
| Ribes bracteosum | Stink Currant | |
| Ribes cereum | Wax Currant White Squaw Currant Western Red Currant | |
| Ribes cynosbati | Eastern Prickly Gooseberry | |
| Ribes divaricatum | Spreading Gooseberry | |
| Ribes glandulosum | Skunk Currant | |
| Ribes hirtellum | Hairystem Gooseberry Hairy-stem Gooseberry Northern Gooseberry | |
| Ribes hudsonianum | Northern Black Currant | |
| Ribes indecorum | Whiteflower Currant | |
| Ribes lacustre | Prickly Currant | |
| Ribes laxiflorum | Trailing Black Currant | |
| Ribes leptanthum | Trumpet Gooseberry | |
| Ribes lobbii | Gummy Gooseberry | |
| Ribes malvaceum | Chaparral Currant | |
| Ribes menziesii | Canyon Gooseberry Chaparral Currant | |
| Ribes mescalerium | Mescalero Currant | |
| Ribes missouriense | Missouri Gooseberry | |
| Ribes oxyacanthoides | Canadian Gooseberry | |
| Ribes rotundifolium | Appalachian Gooseberry Wild Gooseberry Round-leaf Currant | |
| Ribes sanguineum | Redflower Currant Blood Currant Pink-flowered Currant Red Flowering Currant | |
| Ribes speciosum | Fuchsia Flowering Currant Fuchsia-flowered Gooseberry | |
| Ribes triste | Red Currant | |
| Ribes viburnifolium | Evergreen Currant Catalina Currant Santa Catalina Currant Island Gooseberry | |
| Ribes viscosissimum | Sticky Currant | |
| Rosa acicularis | Prickly Rose Wild Rose | |
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