🐝 Bee Forage Bloom Calendar for Branson, MO (65616)

What's flowering for honey bees near Branson, MO (Ozark Plateau (White River Hills, southwest Missouri)), month by month — 38 local nectar and pollen sources.

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Named honey flows

Spring Buildup Flow (maple/henbit/dandelion) (minor): Feb–Apr
Black Locust & Tulip Poplar Flow (major): Apr–May
Clover & Basswood Main Flow (major): May–Jul
Fall Goldenrod/Aster Flow (major): Aug–Oct

Bloom timing by plant

Plant	Scientific name	Category	Bloom months	Forage value
Red Maple	Acer rubrum	Trees	Feb–Mar	medium
Silver Maple	Acer saccharinum	Trees	Feb–Mar	medium
Henbit	Lamium amplexicaule	Wildflowers & Weeds	Feb–Apr	medium
Purple Deadnettle	Lamium purpureum	Wildflowers & Weeds	Feb–Apr	medium
Eastern Redbud	Cercis canadensis	Trees	Mar–Apr	medium
Serviceberry	Amelanchier arborea	Trees	Mar–Apr	low
Wild Plum	Prunus americana	Trees	Mar–Apr	medium
Sassafras	Sassafras albidum	Trees	Mar–Apr	low
Dandelion	Taraxacum officinale	Wildflowers & Weeds	Mar–May	medium
Flowering Dogwood	Cornus florida	Trees	Apr	low
Black Cherry	Prunus serotina	Trees	Apr–May	medium
Black Locust	Robinia pseudoacacia	Trees	Apr–May	high
Tulip Poplar (Yellow Poplar)	Liriodendron tulipifera	Trees	Apr–May	high
Blackberry	Rubus spp.	Shrubs & Vines	Apr–May	high
Crimson Clover	Trifolium incarnatum	Clover & Legumes	Apr–May	medium
Black Medic	Medicago lupulina	Clover & Legumes	Apr–Sep	low
Vetch (Hairy/Common)	Vicia spp.	Clover & Legumes	Apr–Jun	medium
Persimmon	Diospyros virginiana	Trees	May–Jun	medium
Multiflora Rose	Rosa multiflora	Shrubs & Vines	May–Jun	medium
Wild Grape	Vitis spp.	Shrubs & Vines	May–Jun	low
Japanese Honeysuckle	Lonicera japonica	Shrubs & Vines	May–Jul	medium
White Clover	Trifolium repens	Clover & Legumes	May–Jul	high
Red Clover	Trifolium pratense	Clover & Legumes	May–Aug	medium
Sweet Clover (White & Yellow)	Melilotus albus / M. officinalis	Clover & Legumes	May–Aug	high
Common Milkweed	Asclepias syriaca	Wildflowers & Weeds	May–Jul	medium
American Basswood	Tilia americana	Trees	Jun	high
Sourwood	Oxydendrum arboreum	Trees	Jun–Jul	medium
Sumac (Winged/Smooth)	Rhus spp.	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	medium
Trumpet Creeper	Campsis radicans	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Aug	low
Buttonbush	Cephalanthus occidentalis	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	medium
Ozark Coneflower / Black-eyed Susan	Rudbeckia hirta	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jun–Aug	medium
Partridge Pea	Chamaecrista fasciculata	Clover & Legumes	Jul–Sep	medium
Ironweed	Vernonia baldwinii	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jul–Sep	medium
Spanish Needles / Beggarticks	Bidens spp.	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Oct	high
Goldenrod	Solidago spp.	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Oct	high
Common Ragweed	Ambrosia artemisiifolia	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Sep	low
New England Aster	Symphyotrichum novae-angliae	Wildflowers & Weeds	Sep–Oct	high
Heath Aster	Symphyotrichum ericoides	Wildflowers & Weeds	Sep–Oct	medium