🐝 Bee Forage Bloom Calendar for Springfield, MO (65806)

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

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Named honey flows

Spring Tree/Black Locust flow (major): Apr–May
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
Silver Maple	Acer saccharinum	Trees	Feb–Mar	medium
Red Maple	Acer rubrum	Trees	Feb–Mar	medium
Eastern Redbud	Cercis canadensis	Trees	Mar–Apr	medium
Serviceberry	Amelanchier arborea	Trees	Mar–Apr	low
Sassafras	Sassafras albidum	Trees	Mar–Apr	low
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
Wild Plum	Prunus americana	Trees	Apr	medium
Tulip Poplar (Yellow Poplar)	Liriodendron tulipifera	Trees	Apr–May	high
Blackberry	Rubus allegheniensis / Rubus spp.	Shrubs & Vines	Apr–May	high
Crimson Clover	Trifolium incarnatum	Clover & Legumes	Apr–May	medium
Black Locust	Robinia pseudoacacia	Trees	May	high
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
Alsike Clover	Trifolium hybridum	Clover & Legumes	May–Jul	medium
Black Medic	Medicago lupulina	Clover & Legumes	May–Aug	low
Ozark Milkweed / Common Milkweed	Asclepias syriaca / A. hirtella	Wildflowers & Weeds	May–Jul	high
American Basswood (Linden)	Tilia americana	Trees	Jun	high
Sourwood	Oxydendrum arboreum	Trees	Jun–Jul	medium
Virginia Creeper	Parthenocissus quinquefolia	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	low
Trumpet Creeper	Campsis radicans	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Aug	low
Buttonbush	Cephalanthus occidentalis	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	medium
Elderberry	Sambucus canadensis	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	medium
Sweet Clover (White/Yellow)	Melilotus albus / M. officinalis	Clover & Legumes	Jun–Aug	high
Purple Coneflower	Echinacea purpurea	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jun–Aug	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
Common Sunflower	Helianthus annuus	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jul–Sep	medium
Wingstem	Verbesina alternifolia	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Sep	medium
Goldenrod (Tall & Missouri species)	Solidago spp.	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Oct	high
Spanish Needles / Beggarticks	Bidens bipinnata / B. frondosa	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Oct	high
New England Aster / Heath Aster	Symphyotrichum novae-angliae / S. ericoides	Wildflowers & Weeds	Sep–Oct	high