🐝 Bee Forage Bloom Calendar for Everton, MO (65646)

What's flowering for honey bees near Everton, MO (Ozark Plateau (Springfield Plateau, southwest Missouri)), month by month — 40 local nectar and pollen sources.

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Named honey flows

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

Bloom timing by plant

Plant	Scientific name	Category	Bloom months	Forage value
Silver Maple	Acer saccharinum	Trees	Feb–Mar	medium
Red Maple	Acer rubrum	Trees	Feb–Mar	medium
American Elm	Ulmus americana	Trees	Feb–Mar	low
Eastern Redbud	Cercis canadensis	Trees	Mar–Apr	medium
Wild Plum	Prunus americana	Trees	Mar–Apr	medium
Common Dandelion	Taraxacum officinale	Wildflowers & Weeds	Mar–May	medium
Henbit	Lamium amplexicaule	Wildflowers & Weeds	Mar–Apr	medium
Purple Deadnettle	Lamium purpureum	Wildflowers & Weeds	Mar–Apr	medium
Flowering Dogwood	Cornus florida	Trees	Apr	medium
Black Cherry	Prunus serotina	Trees	Apr–May	medium
Blackberry	Rubus spp.	Shrubs & Vines	Apr–May	high
Crimson Clover	Trifolium incarnatum	Clover & Legumes	Apr–May	medium
Black Locust	Robinia pseudoacacia	Trees	May	high
Tulip Poplar	Liriodendron tulipifera	Trees	May	medium
Persimmon	Diospyros virginiana	Trees	May–Jun	low
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–Jul	medium
Black Medic	Medicago lupulina	Clover & Legumes	May–Aug	low
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
Buttonbush	Cephalanthus occidentalis	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	medium
Virginia Creeper	Parthenocissus quinquefolia	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	low
Sweet Clover (White & Yellow)	Melilotus albus / M. officinalis	Clover & Legumes	Jun–Aug	high
Alfalfa	Medicago sativa	Clover & Legumes	Jun–Aug	medium
Common Milkweed	Asclepias syriaca	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jun–Jul	medium
Queen Anne's Lace	Daucus carota	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jun–Aug	low
Partridge Pea	Chamaecrista fasciculata	Clover & Legumes	Jul–Sep	medium
Ironweed	Vernonia baldwinii	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jul–Sep	medium
Yellow Sweet Coneflower/Wingstem	Verbesina alternifolia	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Sep	medium
Spanish Needles/Beggarticks	Bidens spp.	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Oct	high
Canada Goldenrod	Solidago canadensis	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Oct	high
Common Ragweed	Ambrosia artemisiifolia	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Sep	low
Tall Goldenrod	Solidago altissima	Wildflowers & Weeds	Sep–Oct	high
New England Aster	Symphyotrichum novae-angliae	Wildflowers & Weeds	Sep–Oct	high
Heath Aster	Symphyotrichum ericoides	Wildflowers & Weeds	Sep–Oct	medium