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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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| Acer negundo | Ash-leaf maple Ash-leaved maple Box elder Boxelder Fresno de guajuco | |
| Acer rubrum | Red maple Scarlet 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 | White-stemmed Milkweed Whitestem milkweed | |
| Asclepias amplexicaulis | Clasping milkweed | |
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