East Native for Honey Bees - Wildscapes LLC - 903-279-9934 - [email protected] TREES Common name Species Nectar/Pollen Bloom period Light Tolerance Soil Moisture Tolerance Acacia, Rose Robinia hispida NP spring sun moist, dry Basswood / Linden Tilia americana NP spring / summer sun, shade wet, moist Blackgum Nyssa sylvatica N spring sun, shade wet, moist Box Elder Acer negundo NP Early Spring Sun, Shade wet, moist Catalpa Catalpa spp. NP spring Sun moist, dry Cherry, Black serotina NP Spring Sun moist, dry Cherry, Laurel Prunus caroliniana NP Spring Sun moist, dry Cottonwood Populus deltoides Propolis NA Sun moist Devil's Walking Stick Aralia spinosa NP summer part shade, shade moist Dogwood, Gray Cornus racemosa N Spring sun, shade wet, moist Elm, American Ulmus americana P Early Spring Sun, Shade moist Elm, Cedar Ulmus crassifolia P Fall Sun, Shade wet, moist, dry Elm, Slippery Ulmus rubra P Early Spring Sun, Shade moist Elm, Winged Ulmus alata P Early Spring Sun, Shade wet, moist, dry Gum Bumelia Sideroxylon lanuginosum NP Spring sun moist, dry Hackberry, Common Celtis occidentalis NP Spring Sun, Shade wet, moist, dry Hackberry, Dwarf Celtis pumila NP Spring Sun, Shade moist, dry Hackberry, Sugarberry Celtis laevigata NP Spring Sun, Shade wet, moist, dry Hawthorn Crataegus spp. NP Spring Sun, Part Shade wet, moist, dry Holly, American Ilex opaca NP Spring sun, shade moist Holly, Inkberry Ilex glabra NP Spring sun, part shade wet, moist, dry Holly, Possumhaw Ilex decidua NP Spring sun, part shade wet, moist, dry Holly, Yaupon Ilex vomitoria NP Spring sun, part shade moist, dry Hop Tree Ptelea trifoliata N spring sun moist, dry Locust, Black Robinia psedoacacia NP spring Sun, part shade moist, dry Maple, Chalk Acer leucoderme NP Early Spring Sun, Shade moist, dry Maple, Red Acer rubrum NP Early Spring Sun, Shade moist Maple, Southern Sugar Acer floridanum NP Early Spring Sun, Shade wet, moist Palmetto, dwarf Sabal minor NP Spring Sun, Shade wet, moist, dry Persimmon, Eastern Diospyros virginiana N Spring sun, shade wet, moist, dry Plum, Chickasaw Prunus angustifolia NP Early Spring Sun moist, dry www.nativewildscapes.com East Texas Native Plants for Honey Bees - Wildscapes LLC - 903-279-9934 - [email protected] TREES CONTINUED Common name Species Nectar/Pollen Bloom period Light Tolerance Soil Moisture Tolerance Plum, Hog Prunus umbellata NP Early Spring Sun moist, dry Plum, Mexican Prunus mexicana NP Early Spring Sun moist, dry Plum, Prunus gracilis NP Early Spring Sun moist, dry Redbud Cercis canadensis NP Early Spring Sun, Shade moist, dry Sumac, fragrant Rhus aromatica NP Spring sun moist, dry Sumac, Smooth Rhus glabra NP Spring sun moist, dry Sumac, winged Rhus copallinum NP Spring sun moist, dry Tickle Tongue Zanthoxylum clava-herculis N spring sun moist, dry Tupelo, Swamp Nyssa biflora N spring sun, shade wet, moist Tupelo, Water Nyssa aquatica N spring sun, shade wet, moist Willow, Black Salix nigra NP Early Spring Sun wet, moist Witch Hazel, Bigleaf Hamamelis ovalis NP winter sun, shade moist, dry Witch Hazel, Common Hamamelis virginiana NP fall, winter sun, shade moist, dry

SHRUBS Common name Species Bloom period Light Tolerance Moisture Tolerance Blueberry Vaccinium spp. spring sun, part shade moist Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis summer sun, part shade wet, moist, dry Farkleberry Vaccinium arboreum spring sun, part shade moist, dry New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus spring sun, part shade moist, dry Virginia Sweetspire Itea virginica spring sun, shade wet, moist

VINES Common name Species Bloom period Light Tolerance Moisture Tolerance Supplejack Berchemia scandens spring sun, shade moist, dry Blackberry / Dewberry Rubus spp. spring sun wet, moist, dry Poison Ivy Toxicodendron radicans spring sun, shade moist, dry Virginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia spring sun, shade moist, dry

www.nativewildscapes.com East Texas Native Plants for Honey Bees - Wildscapes LLC - 903-279-9934 - [email protected] HERBACEOUS Common name Species Bloom period Light Tolerance Moisture Tolerance Annual / Perennial American Basketflower Centaurea americana spring sun moist, dry A Aster Symphyotrichum spp. fall sun wet, moist, dry P Bee Balm, Spotted Monarda punctata spring, summer sun moist, dry P short-lived Blanketflower, Lanceleaf Gaillardia aestivalis spring, summer, fall sun moist, dry P Blazingstar / Gayfeather Liatris spp. spring, summer, fall sun wet, moist, dry *** P Blue Mist Flower Conoclinium coelestinum fall sun, part shade wet, moist P Bonset Eupatorium spp. summer, fall sun wet, moist, dry P Compass Silphium laciniatum summer sun moist, dry P Coneflower, Sanguine Echinacea sanguinea spring, summer sun moist, dry P Dandelion, False Pyrrhopappus spp. spring sun moist, dry A Eastern Gamagrass Tripsacum dactyloides spring, summer, fall sun wet, moist, dry P Frogfruit Phyla nodiflora spring, summer, fall sun, part shade wet, moist P Frostweed Verbesina virginica fall sun, part shade moist, dry P Goldenrod Solidago spp. summer, fall sun, part shade wet, moist, dry *** P Guara / Beeblossom Oenothera spp. summer, fall sun wet, moist, dry *** P Ironweed Vernonia spp. summer, fall sun wet, moist, dry *** P Lizard's Tail Saururus cernuus spring, summer sun, part shade wet, moist P Milkweed Asclepias spp. spring, summer, fall sun wet, moist, dry P Mountainmint, Narrowleaf Pycnanthemum tenuifolium spring, summer sun wet, moist P Mountainmint, Silverleaf Pycnanthemum incanum spring, summer sun moist, dry P Prairie Clover Dalea spp. spring, summer sun dry P Rosinweed, Roughstem Silphium radula spring, summer sun moist, dry P Spring Beauty Claytonia virginica spring sun moist, dry P Sunflower, Beach Helianthus debilis spring, summer, fall sun moist, dry A Sunflower, Hairy Helianthus hirsutus spring, summer sun, part shade moist, dry P Sunflower, Maximiliana Helianthus maximiliana fall sun moist, dry P Sunflower, Narrowleaf Helianthus angustifolia fall sun wet, moist, dry P Tickseed Sunflower Bidens aristosa fall sun wet, moist P

*** moisture tolerance will vary according to species

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