🐝 Bee Forage Bloom Calendar for Russellville, AR (72802)

What's flowering for honey bees near Russellville, AR (Arkansas River Valley / Ozark Plateau foothills), month by month — 38 local nectar and pollen sources.

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Named honey flows

Spring Tree & Black Locust flow (major): Apr–May
Clover flow (major): May–Jun
Summer dearth minor flow (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
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
Flowering Dogwood	Cornus florida	Trees	Mar–Apr	low
Dandelion	Taraxacum officinale	Wildflowers & Weeds	Mar–May	medium
Common Buttercup	Ranunculus spp.	Wildflowers & Weeds	Mar–May	low
Black Cherry	Prunus serotina	Trees	Apr	medium
Black Locust	Robinia pseudoacacia	Trees	Apr–May	high
Tulip Poplar	Liriodendron tulipifera	Trees	Apr–May	high
American Holly	Ilex opaca	Trees	Apr–May	low
White Oak / Post Oak	Quercus alba / Q. stellata	Trees	Apr	low
Sweetgum	Liquidambar styraciflua	Trees	Apr	low
Autumn Olive	Elaeagnus umbellata	Shrubs & Vines	Apr–May	medium
Blackberry	Rubus spp.	Shrubs & Vines	Apr–May	high
Japanese Honeysuckle	Lonicera japonica	Shrubs & Vines	Apr–Jun	medium
White Clover	Trifolium repens	Clover & Legumes	Apr–Jun	high
Crimson Clover	Trifolium incarnatum	Clover & Legumes	Apr–May	medium
Vetch	Vicia spp.	Clover & Legumes	Apr–May	medium
Black Medic	Medicago lupulina	Clover & Legumes	Apr–Sep	low
Wild Blackberry Bramble Blooms (see shrub)	—	Wildflowers & Weeds	Apr–May	low
Persimmon	Diospyros virginiana	Trees	May–Jun	medium
Multiflora Rose	Rosa multiflora	Shrubs & Vines	May–Jun	medium
Virginia Creeper	Parthenocissus quinquefolia	Shrubs & Vines	May–Jun	low
Wild Grape	Vitis spp.	Shrubs & Vines	May–Jun	low
Red Clover	Trifolium pratense	Clover & Legumes	May–Jul	medium
Common Milkweed	Asclepias syriaca	Wildflowers & Weeds	May–Jun	medium
Sourwood	Oxydendrum arboreum	Trees	Jun–Jul	medium
Basswood (American Linden)	Tilia americana	Trees	Jun	high
American Elderberry	Sambucus canadensis	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	medium
Trumpet Creeper	Campsis radicans	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Aug	low
Sericea Lespedeza	Lespedeza cuneata	Clover & Legumes	Jul–Sep	medium
Ironweed	Vernonia baldwinii	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jul–Sep	medium
Partridge Pea	Chamaecrista fasciculata	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jul–Sep	medium
Spanish Needles / Beggarticks	Bidens bipinnata	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Oct	high
Tall Goldenrod	Solidago altissima	Wildflowers & Weeds	Sep–Oct	high
Frost Aster / Heath Aster	Symphyotrichum pilosum	Wildflowers & Weeds	Sep–Oct	high