🐝 Bee Forage Bloom Calendar for Elkland, MO (65644)

What's flowering for honey bees near Elkland, MO (Ozark Plateau (Springfield Plain, southwest Missouri)), month by month — 39 local nectar and pollen sources.

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Named honey flows

Wild Plum/Black Locust spring flow (minor): Apr–May
Main Clover/Basswood flow (major): May–Jul
Summer dearth (minor): Jul–Aug
Fall goldenrod/aster flow (major): Sep–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
American Elm	Ulmus americana	Trees	Feb–Mar	low
Common Chickweed	Stellaria media	Wildflowers & Weeds	Feb–Apr	low
Eastern Redbud	Cercis canadensis	Trees	Mar–Apr	medium
Wild Plum	Prunus americana	Trees	Mar–Apr	high
Dandelion	Taraxacum officinale	Wildflowers & Weeds	Mar–May	high
Henbit	Lamium amplexicaule	Wildflowers & Weeds	Mar–Apr	medium
Wild Mustard	Brassica spp.	Wildflowers & Weeds	Mar–May	medium
Flowering Dogwood	Cornus florida	Trees	Apr	medium
Black Cherry	Prunus serotina	Trees	Apr–May	high
Black Locust	Robinia pseudoacacia	Trees	Apr–May	high
Sassafras	Sassafras albidum	Trees	Apr	low
Blackberry	Rubus spp.	Shrubs & Vines	Apr–May	high
Crimson Clover	Trifolium incarnatum	Clover & Legumes	Apr–May	medium
Black Medic	Medicago lupulina	Clover & Legumes	Apr–Aug	low
Tulip Poplar (Yellow Poplar)	Liriodendron tulipifera	Trees	May	high
Black Locust follow-on: Honey Locust	Gleditsia triacanthos	Trees	May	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
Sweetclover (White & Yellow)	Melilotus albus / M. officinalis	Clover & Legumes	May–Aug	high
American Basswood (Linden)	Tilia americana	Trees	Jun	high
Sourwood	Oxydendrum arboreum	Trees	Jun–Jul	medium
Elderberry	Sambucus canadensis	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	medium
Trumpet Creeper	Campsis radicans	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Aug	low
Virginia Creeper	Parthenocissus quinquefolia	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	low
Buttonbush	Cephalanthus occidentalis	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	medium
Alfalfa	Medicago sativa	Clover & Legumes	Jun–Aug	medium
Queen Anne's Lace	Daucus carota	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jun–Aug	low
Common Milkweed	Asclepias syriaca	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jun–Jul	medium
Partridge Pea	Chamaecrista fasciculata	Clover & Legumes	Jul–Sep	medium
Ironweed	Vernonia baldwinii	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jul–Sep	medium
Sunflower (annual/wild)	Helianthus annuus	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jul–Sep	medium
Spanish Needles / Beggarticks	Bidens spp.	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Oct	high
Goldenrod	Solidago spp.	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Oct	high
New England Aster	Symphyotrichum novae-angliae	Wildflowers & Weeds	Sep–Oct	high