Terms of flowering honey plants in the USA and Canada

According to observations of naturalists and beekeepers.

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Terms of flowering honey plants in the USA and Canada
Plant name	Plant type	Flowering period
Scientific name: Acer rubrum Common name(s): Red maple, Scarlet maple.	Tree	January ↔ March
Scientific name: Acer saccharinum Common name(s): Silver maple, Soft maple.	Tree	February ↔ May
Scientific name: Amelanchier arborea Common name(s): Common serviceberry, Downy serviceberry, Juneberry, Shadbush, Shadblow, Sugarplum.	Tree, Shrub	March
Scientific name: Salix discolor Common name(s): Pussy willow, American pussy willow, Glaucous willow, Large pussy willow.	Shrub-tree	March ↔ April
Scientific name: Pyrus communis Common name(s): European pear, Common pear.	Tree	March ↔ May
Scientific name: Acer negundo Common name(s): Boxelder, Western boxelder, Arizona boxelder, California boxelder, Texas boxelder, Interior boxelder, Violet boxelder.	Tree	March ↔ May
Scientific name: Salix nigra Common name(s): Black willow, Swamp willow, Southwestern black willow, Gulf black willow, Scythe-leaved willow.	Tree, Shrub	March ↔ May
Scientific name: Populus tremuloides Common name(s): Quaking aspen, Trembling aspen, Aspen, American aspen, Mountain aspen, Golden aspen, Trembling poplar, White poplar, Popple, Alamo Blanco.	Tree	Late March ↔ April
Scientific name: Salix lucida Common name(s): Shining willow, Greenleaf willow, Tail-leaf willow, Whiplash willow, Pacific willow, Lance-leaf willow, Longleaf willow, Red willow, Western shining willow.	Tree-shrub	Late March ↔ June
Scientific name: Vaccinium angustifolium Common name(s): Lowbush blueberry, Early low-bush blueberry, Low sweet blueberry.	Shrub	April
Scientific name: Prunus cerasus Common name(s): Sour cherry, Tart cherry, Dwarf cherry, Montmorency cherry.	Tree	April ↔ May
Scientific name: Prunus pumila Common name(s): Sandcherry, Western sandcherry, Eastern sandcherry, Great Lakes sandcherry.	Shrub	April ↔ June
Scientific name: Liriodendron tulipifera Common name(s): Tuliptree, Blue-poplar, Tulip-poplar, Yellow-poplar, Yellow wood.	Tree	April ↔ June
Scientific name: Salix bebbiana Common name(s): Bebb willow, Beak willow, Beaked willow, Long-beaked willow, Diamond willow, Chaton, Petit Minou, Smooth Bebb willow.	Tree, Shrub	April ↔ August
Scientific name: Ulmus americana Common name(s): American elm, White elm, Water elm, Soft elm, Florida elm.	Tree	Early April ↔ Early May
Scientific name: Prunus americana Common name(s): American plum, Goose plum, River plum, Wild plum.	Shrub-tree	April
Scientific name: Malus domestica Common name(s): Pyrus pumila, Malus pumila, Apple.	Tree	Late April ↔ May
Scientific name: Acer platanoides Common name(s): Norway maple.	Tree	Late April ↔ Early June
Scientific name: Acer saccharum Common name(s): Sugar maple, Rock maple, Hard maple.	Tree	Late April ↔ Late May
Scientific name: Celtis occidentalis Common name(s): Common hackberry, Bastard elm, Nettle-tree, Northern hackberry.	Tree-shrub	May
Scientific name: Catalpa speciosa Common name(s): Northern catalpa, Hardy catalpa, Western catalpa, Cigar tree, Catawba-tree, Bois chavanon.	Tree	May ↔ June
Scientific name: Rubus canadensis Common name(s): Smooth blackberry, Thornless blackberry, Canadian blackberry, Smooth highbush blackberry.	Shrub	May ↔ June
Scientific name: Rubus idaeus Common name(s): Raspberry, Black-haired red raspberry, Brilliant red raspberry, American red raspberry, Red raspberry, Smoothleaf red raspberry, Wild raspberry, Wild red raspberry, Grayleaf raspberry.	Shrub	May ↔ June
Scientific name: Acer pensylvanicum Common name(s): Striped maple, Moosewood, Goosefoot maple, Whistlewood.	Tree, Shrub	May ↔ June
Scientific name: Acer spicatum Common name(s): Mountain maple, Low maple, Moose maple, Water maple, Plaine batarde, Fouereux.	Tree, Shrub	May ↔ June
Scientific name: Astragalus Common name(s): Milkvetch, Locoweed, Goat's-thorn.	Herb, Shrub	May ↔ June
Scientific name: Ajuga reptans Common name(s): Bugle, Blue bugle, Bugleherb, Bugleweed, Carpetweed, Carpet bugleweed, Common bugle, St. Lawrence plant.	Forb-herb	May ↔ June
Scientific name: Vaccinium corymbosum Common name(s): Highbush blueberry, High-bush blueberry, Northern highbush blueberry, Tall blueberry, Rabbiteye blueberry, Blue huckleberry, Tall huckleberry, Swamp huckleberry, High blueberry, Swamp blueberry.	Shrub	May ↔ July
Scientific name: Rhus glabra Common name(s): Smooth sumac, Common sumac, Rocky Mountain sumac, Red sumac, Western sumac, White sumac.	Tree-shrub	May ↔ August
Scientific name: Allium schoenoprasum Common name(s): Chives.	Forb	May ↔ September
Scientific name: Brassica napus Common name(s): Rapeseed.	Forb, Herb	May ↔ September
Scientific name: Sinapis arvensis Common name(s): Charlock mustard, California rape, Charlock, Corn mustard, Canola, Kaber mustard, Rapeseed mustard.	Forb, Herb	May ↔ October
Scientific name: Gleditsia triacanthos Common name(s): Honey locust, Honey shucks locust, Common honeylocust, Sweet bean locust.	Tree	Early May ↔ Late June
Scientific name: Rubus phoenicolasius Common name(s): Wine raspberry, Japanese wineberry, Wineberry.	Shrub	Late May ↔ Early June
Scientific name: Aronia melanocarpa Common name(s): Black chokeberry, Rowan, Mountain Ash, Sorbus.	Tree, Shrub	Late May ↔ Early June
Scientific name: Prunus serotina Common name(s): Black cherry, Wild black cherry, Rum cherry, Mountain black cherry, Wild cherry.	Tree	Late May ↔ Early June
Scientific name: Prunus pensylvanica Common name(s): Pin cherry, Fire cherry, Bird cherry.	Tree-shrub	Late May ↔ June
Scientific name: Robinia pseudoacacia Common name(s): Black locust, False acacia, Yellow locust, White locust, Green locust, Post locust, Falsa acacia, Robinia.	Tree	Late May ↔ Early July
Scientific name: Asclepias tuberosa Common name(s): Butterflyweed, Butterfly Milkweed, Orange Milkweed, Pleurisy Root, Chigger Flower, Canada root, Fluxroot, Indian paintbrush, Indian posy, Orange root, Orange Swallow-wort, Tuber root, Yellow milkweed, White-root, Windroot, Butterfly love.	Forb, Herb	Late May ↔ Early September
Scientific name: Rhamnus cathartica Common name(s): Common buckthorn, European buckthorn, Dahurian buckthorn.	Tree-shrub	Late May ↔ Late June
Scientific name: Salix planifolia Common name(s): Diamondleaf willow, Planeleaf willow.	Shrub	Late May ↔ July
Scientific name: Tilia americana Common name(s): American basswood, Basswood, Linden.	Tree	Late May ↔ Early July
Scientific name: Amorpha fruticosa Common name(s): Desert false indigo, False indigo-bush, Bastard indigobush, Indigo Bush.	Shrub	June ↔ July
Scientific name: Asclepias syriaca Common name(s): Сommon milkweed, Butterfly flower, Silkweed, Silky swallow-wort, Virginia silkweed.	Forb, Herb	June ↔ August
Scientific name: Brassica rapa Common name(s): Field mustard, Common mustard, Wild mustard, Wild turnip, Forage turnip, Wild rutabaga, Birdsrape mustard, Rape mustard.	Forb, Herb	June ↔ August
Scientific name: Echium vulgare Common name(s): Viper's bugloss, Blueweed, Blue thistle.	Forb, Herb	June ↔ August
Scientific name: Rubus laciniatus Common name(s): Cutleaf blackberry, Evergreen blackberry, Slashed blackberry.	Shrub	June ↔ August
Scientific name: Salsola kali Common name(s): Russian thistle, Tumbleweed, Prickly saltwort.	Forb	June ↔ August
Scientific name: Borago officinalis Common name(s): Borage, Starflower, Common borage, Cool-tankard, Tailwort.	Forb, Herb	June ↔ October
Scientific name: Citrullus lanatus Common name(s): Watermelon.	Forb-herb, Vine	June ↔ October
Scientific name: Prunus virginiana Common name(s): Chokecherry, Western chokecherry, Common chokecherry, Black chokecherry.	Tree-shrub	June
Scientific name: Diervilla lonicera Common name(s): Northern bush honeysuckle, Bush-honeysuckle, Dwarf bush-honeysuckle, Herbe bleue.	Shrub	Early June ↔ Early July
Scientific name: Cephalanthus occidentalis Common name(s): Common buttonbush, Buttonball, Buttonbush, Button willow, Riverbush, Honey-bells.	Shrub, Tree	July ↔ August
Scientific name: Cirsium arvense Common name(s): Creeping Thistle, Canada thistle, Field thistle, California thistle, Lettuce from hell thistle, Corn thistle, Cursed thistle, Green thistle, Hard thistle, Perennial thistle, Prickly thistle, Small-flowered thistle, Way thistle, Stinger-needles.	Forb, Herb	July ↔ August
Scientific name: Hyssopus officinalis Common name(s): Hyssop.	Forb-herb, Subshrub	July ↔ September
Scientific name: Calluna vulgaris Common name(s): Heather, Scotch heather, Common heather, Ling, Simply heather.	Shrub	July ↔ November May bloom now!

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