Special Collections
Special Value to Honey Bees
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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| Acer negundo | Box Elder Box Elder Maple Ash-leaved Maple Ashleaf Maple Red River Maple Fresno De Guajuco | |
| Acer rubrum | Red Maple Scarlet Maple Soft Maple | |
| Acer saccharum | Sugar Maple Northern Sugar Maple | |
| Agastache foeniculum | Blue Giant Hyssop Blue Giant-hyssop Fragrant Giant Hyssop Lavender Hyssop Anise Hyssop | |
| Agastache scrophulariifolia | Purple Giant Hyssop Purple Giant-hyssop | |
| Agastache urticifolia | Nettleleaf Giant Hyssop Nettle-leaf Horsemint | |
| Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia | Common Fiddleneck Intermediate Fiddleneck | |
| Amsinckia menziesii var. menziesii | Menzies' Fiddleneck | |
| Asclepias albicans | Whitestem Milkweed White-stemmed Milkweed | |
| Asclepias amplexicaulis | Clasping Milkweed Bluntleaf Milkweed | |
| Asclepias arenaria | Sand Milkweed Western Sand Milkweed | |
| Asclepias asperula | Antelope-horns Spider Milkweed Green-flowered Milkweed Spider Antelope-horns Antelope Horns | |
| Asclepias asperula ssp. capricornu | Antelope-horns Antelope Horns Antelope Horns Milkweed | |
| Asclepias brachystephana | Bract Milkweed Desert-rose Milkweed | |
| Asclepias californica | California Milkweed | |
| Asclepias cryptoceras | Pallid Milkweed Humboldt Mountain Milkweed | |
| Asclepias engelmanniana | Engelmann's Milkweed | |
| Asclepias eriocarpa | Woollypod Milkweed | |
| Asclepias exaltata | Poke Milkweed | |
| Asclepias fascicularis | Mexican Whorled Milkweed Narrowleaf Milkweed | |
| Asclepias hirtella | Green Milkweed Tall Green Milkweed | |
| Asclepias humistrata | Pinewoods Milkweed Sandhill Milkweed | |
| Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed Pink Milkweed | |
| Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata | Swamp Milkweed | |
| Asclepias incarnata ssp. pulchra | Swamp Milkweed | |
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