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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| 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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