🐝 Bee Forage Bloom Calendar for Springfield, MO (65804)

What's flowering for honey bees near Springfield, MO (Ozark Plateau (Springfield Plain, southwest Missouri)), month by month — 36 local nectar and pollen sources.

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Named honey flows

Black Locust/Spring Tree flow (minor): Apr–May
Main Clover & Wildflower flow (major): May–Jul
Summer Dearth (Basswood/Sweet Clover minor bump) (minor): Jun
Fall Goldenrod/Aster flow (major): Aug–Oct

Bloom timing by plant

Plant	Scientific name	Category	Bloom months	Forage value
Silver Maple	Acer saccharinum	Trees	Feb–Mar	medium
Eastern Redbud	Cercis canadensis	Trees	Mar–Apr	medium
Wild Plum	Prunus americana	Shrubs & Vines	Mar–Apr	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
Autumn Olive	Elaeagnus umbellata	Shrubs & Vines	Apr–May	medium
American Holly/Possumhaw (Deciduous Holly)	Ilex decidua	Shrubs & Vines	Apr–May	low
Black Locust relative - Honey Locust	Gleditsia triacanthos	Trees	May	medium
Multiflora Rose	Rosa multiflora	Shrubs & Vines	May–Jun	medium
Blackberry	Rubus allegheniensis / R. flagellaris	Shrubs & Vines	May–Jun	high
Wild Grape	Vitis spp.	Shrubs & Vines	May–Jun	low
Japanese Honeysuckle	Lonicera japonica	Shrubs & Vines	May–Sep	low
White Clover	Trifolium repens	Clover & Legumes	May–Jul	high
Red Clover	Trifolium pratense	Clover & Legumes	May–Aug	medium
Crimson Clover	Trifolium incarnatum	Clover & Legumes	May–Jun	medium
Common Milkweed	Asclepias syriaca	Wildflowers & Weeds	May–Jul	medium
American Basswood (Linden)	Tilia americana	Trees	Jun	high
Trumpet Creeper	Campsis radicans	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Aug	low
Buttonbush	Cephalanthus occidentalis	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	medium
Sumac (Smooth/Winged)	Rhus glabra / R. copallinum	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	medium
Sweet Clover (White & Yellow)	Melilotus albus / M. officinalis	Clover & Legumes	Jun–Aug	high
Yellow Sweet Clover Partner - Alfalfa	Medicago sativa	Clover & Legumes	Jun–Aug	medium
Queen Anne's Lace	Daucus carota	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jun–Aug	low
Wild Bergamot	Monarda fistulosa	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jun–Aug	medium
Partridge Pea	Chamaecrista fasciculata	Clover & Legumes	Jul–Sep	medium
Sericea Lespedeza	Lespedeza cuneata	Clover & Legumes	Jul–Sep	low
Ironweed	Vernonia baldwinii	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jul–Sep	medium
Spotted Knapweed	Centaurea stoebe	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jul–Sep	medium
Common Sunflower	Helianthus annuus	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jul–Sep	medium
Tall Goldenrod	Solidago altissima	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Oct	high
Missouri Goldenrod	Solidago missouriensis	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Oct	high
New England Aster	Symphyotrichum novae-angliae	Wildflowers & Weeds	Sep–Oct	high
Heath Aster	Symphyotrichum ericoides	Wildflowers & Weeds	Sep–Oct	medium
Frost Aster	Symphyotrichum pilosum	Wildflowers & Weeds	Sep–Nov	medium