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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
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Prunus americana | American Plum Wild Plum | |
| Prunus andersonii | Desert Peach | |
| Prunus angustifolia | Chickasaw Plum Sandhill Plum | |
| Prunus caroliniana | Carolina Cherry-laurel Cherry-laurel Laurel Cherry Carolina Laurel Cherry | |
| Prunus emarginata | Bitter Cherry | |
| Prunus fasciculata | Desert Almond | |
| Prosopis glandulosa | Honey Mesquite Glandular Mesquite Algarroba | |
| Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa | Honey Mesquite | |
| Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana | Western Honey Mesquite Torrey Mesquite Western Mesquite | |
| Prunus gracilis | Oklahoma Plum | |
| Prunus havardii | Havard's Plum Havard’s Almond | |
| Prunus ilicifolia | Hollyleaf Cherry | |
| Prunus ilicifolia ssp. lyonii | Catalina Cherry Hollyleaf Cherry | |
| Prunus maritima | Beach Plum | |
| Prunus mexicana | Mexican Plum Bigtree Plum Inch Plum | |
| Prunus minutiflora | Texas Almond Texas Wild Almond Dwarf Plum | |
| Prunus munsoniana | Munson Plum Wild Goose Plum | |
| Prunus murrayana | Murray's Plum Murray Plum | |
| Prunus nigra | Canadian Plum Canada Plum Red Plum Black Plum | |
| Prunus pensylvanica | Pin Cherry Fire Cherry Wild Red Cherry Bird Cherry Pigeon Cherry | |
| Prunus pensylvanica var. pensylvanica | Pin Cherry | |
| Prosopis pubescens | Screwbean Mesquite American Screwbean Tornillo Screwbean Screwpod Mesquite Twisted Bean Fremont Screwbean | |
| Prunus pumila | Sand Cherry | |
| Prunus pumila var. besseyi | Western Sandcherry Sand Cherry | |
| Prunus pumila var. depressa | Eastern Sandcherry Prostrate Sandcherry | |
| Prunus rivularis | River Plum Creek Plum Hog Plum | |
| Prunus serotina | Black Cherry Wild Black Cherry Rum Cherry | |
| Prunus serotina var. eximia | Escarpment Black Cherry Edwards Plateau Black Cherry Escarpment Cherry | |
| Prunus serotina var. rufula | Chisos Black Cherry Southwestern Black Cherry | |
| Prunus serotina var. serotina | Eastern Black Cherry Black Cherry | |
| Prunus serotina var. virens | Southwestern Black Cherry Southwestern Chokecherry Black Cherry | |
| Prunus subcordata | Klamath Plum | |
| Prunus texana | Peachbush Sand Plum Peach Bush Texas Plum Texas Peach Bush | |
| Prunus umbellata | Flatwoods Plum Hog Plum Black Sloe | |
| Prosopis velutina | Velvet Mesquite | |
| Prunus virginiana | Chokecherry Common Chokecherry Choke Cherry | |
| Prunus virginiana var. virginiana | Chokecherry | |
| Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata | Lanceleaf Selfheal Self-heal | |
| Psorothamnus fremontii | Fremont's Dalea Fremont Indigo-bush | |
| Psorothamnus fremontii var. fremontii | Fremont's Dalea Fremont Indigo Bush | |
| Psoralidium lanceolatum | Lemon Scurfpea | |
| Psorothamnus schottii | Schott's Dalea | |
| Psorothamnus scoparius | Broom Dalea Broom Smokebush Broom Pea | |
| Psorothamnus spinosus | Smoketree Smokethorn Smoke Tree Indigobush Smokethorn Dalea Corona De Cristo | |
| Psoralidium tenuiflorum | Slimflower Scurfpea Scurfy Pea | |
| Purshia tridentata | Antelope Bitterbrush Bitterbrush Antelope Brush | |
| 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 | |
| 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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