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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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| Lythrum alatum | Winged Lythrum | |
| Malus angustifolia | Southern Crabapple Narrowleaf Crabapple Wild Crabapple Southern Crab Narrowleaf Crab Wild Crab | |
| Malus coronaria | Sweet Crabapple American Crab | |
| Malus fusca | Oregon Crabapple Pacific Crabapple | |
| Malus ioensis | Prairie Crabapple Iowa Crabapple Western Crabapple Prairie Crab Iowa Crab Western Crab | |
| Malus ioensis var. texana | Texas Crabapple Blanco Crabapple | |
| Monarda punctata | Spotted Beebalm Spotted Horsemint Horsemint | |
| Monarda punctata var. lasiodonta | Spotted Beebalm | |
| Monarda punctata var. villicaulis | Spotted Beebalm | |
| Nyssa aquatica | Water Tupelo Blackgum Sourgum Cotton Gum Swamp Tupelo Water Gum | |
| Nyssa ogeche | Ogeechee Tupelo Ogeechee Lime | |
| Nyssa sylvatica | Tupelo Blackgum Black Tupelo Sourgum Pepperidge Tupelo Gum Beetlebung | |
| 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 | Common Ninebark Atlantic Ninebark | |
| Phacelia tanacetifolia | Lacy Phacelia Lacy Scorpion-weed | |
| Prunus americana | American Plum Wild Plum | |
| Prosopis glandulosa | Honey Mesquite Glandular Mesquite Algarroba | |
| Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa | Honey Mesquite | |
| Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana | Western Honey Mesquite Torrey Mesquite Western Mesquite | |
| Prosopis pubescens | Screwbean Mesquite American Screwbean Tornillo Screwbean Screwpod Mesquite Twisted Bean Fremont Screwbean | |
| Prunus serotina | Black Cherry Wild 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 Wing-rib Sumac Black Sumac Upland Sumac | |
| Rhus glabra | Smooth Sumac | |
| Rhus trilobata var. pilosissima | Downy Fragrant Sumac Downy Aromatic Sumac Pubescent Skunkbush Sumac | |
| Rhus typhina | Staghorn Sumac Velvet Sumac | |
| Robinia hispida | Bristly Locust Standing Sweet Pea | |
| Robinia neomexicana | New Mexico Locust Southwestern Locust Hojalito | |
| Robinia pseudoacacia | Black Locust | |
| Robinia viscosa | Clammy Locust | |
| Rubus allegheniensis | Allegheny Blackberry | |
| Rubus deliciosus | Delicious Raspberry Rocky Mountain Raspberry | |
| Rubus idaeus | American Red Raspberry Wild Red Raspberry Red Raspberry | |
| Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus | Grayleaf Red Raspberry Red Raspberry | |
| Rudbeckia laciniata | Green-headed Coneflower Greenhead Coneflower Cutleaf Coneflower Wild Goldenglow Sochan | |
| Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata | Cutleaf Coneflower | |
| Rubus occidentalis | Black Raspberry Thimbleberry | |
| Rubus odoratus | Purple-flowering Raspberry Thimbleberry | |
| Rubus parviflorus | Western Thimbleberry Thimbleberry | |
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