🐝 Bee Forage Bloom Calendar for Evening Shade, AR (72532)

What's flowering for honey bees near Evening Shade, AR (Ozark Plateau (Sharp County, north-central Arkansas foothills)), month by month — 40 local nectar and pollen sources.

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Named honey flows

Black Locust/Tulip Poplar spring flow (major): Apr–May
Clover & Blackberry main flow (major): May–Jul
Summer dearth minor sources (Basswood/Sourwood/Buttonbush) (minor): Jun–Jul
Fall Goldenrod/Aster/Beggarticks 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
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
Serviceberry	Amelanchier arborea	Trees	Mar–Apr	low
Sassafras	Sassafras albidum	Trees	Mar–Apr	low
Black Willow	Salix nigra	Trees	Mar–Apr	medium
Dandelion	Taraxacum officinale	Wildflowers & Weeds	Mar–May	medium
Henbit	Lamium amplexicaule	Wildflowers & Weeds	Mar–Apr	medium
Wild Mustard/Field Mustard	Brassica rapa	Wildflowers & Weeds	Mar–May	medium
Flowering Dogwood	Cornus florida	Trees	Apr	medium
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
Common Vetch	Vicia sativa	Clover & Legumes	Apr–Jun	low
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
Ox-eye Daisy	Leucanthemum vulgare	Wildflowers & Weeds	May–Jun	low
Common Milkweed	Asclepias syriaca	Wildflowers & Weeds	May–Jul	medium
American Basswood	Tilia americana	Trees	Jun	high
Sourwood	Oxydendrum arboreum	Trees	Jun–Jul	high
Elderberry	Sambucus canadensis	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	medium
Trumpet Creeper	Campsis radicans	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Aug	low
Buttonbush	Cephalanthus occidentalis	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	medium
Queen Anne's Lace	Daucus carota	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jun–Aug	medium
Partridge Pea	Chamaecrista fasciculata	Clover & Legumes	Jul–Sep	medium
Ironweed	Vernonia baldwinii	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jul–Sep	medium
Late Summer/Fall Goldenrod (multiple spp.)	Solidago spp.	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Oct	high
Spanish Needles / Beggarticks	Bidens spp.	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Oct	high
Common Ragweed	Ambrosia artemisiifolia	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Sep	low
Fall Aster (multiple spp.)	Symphyotrichum spp.	Wildflowers & Weeds	Sep–Oct	high