The following is a list of Nectar and Pollen producing plants and trees in the Southern Mississippi, Southern Alabama and North Florida

Nectar and Pollen producing plants and trees in the Southern Mississippi, Southern Alabama and North Florida.

by C. Douglas Corbin

Questions? Contact Stacy Taylor

Alder (Alnus serrulata)

Aster (Aster spp.)

Basswood (Tilia Americana)

Bitterweed (Hilenium amarum)

Blackberries http://wildflowers.jdcc.edu/Common_Blackberry.html

Black Gum http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/main.asp?plantID=3263

Black Locuts http://wildflowers.jdcc.edu/Black%20Locust.html

Blueberry (Vaccinium spp.)

Boneset (Eupatorium spp.)

Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)

Buckwheat/ Sping Titi (Cliftonia monophylla)

http://wildflowers.jdcc.edu/Black%20Titi.html

Buford Chinese Holly (Ilex cornuta ‘Burfordii’)

Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)

http://wildflowers.jdcc.edu/Button%20Bush.html

Cabbage Palm (Sabal palmetto)

http://www.sms.si.edu/irLspec/Sabal_palmet.htm

Cassava (Manihot carthuinesis)

Chaste Tree (Vitex negundo & V. agnus-castus)

Chinquapin http://wildflowers.jdcc.edu/Chinquepin.html

Citrus http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/result.asp?search=citrus%20sinensis&search_by=Sci_Name&qualifier=Any&EPPC=ANY&WAP=ANY&synonyms=include&native=ANY&NWI=ANY&DEP=ANY&endemic=ANY&FLStatus=Any&USStatus=Any&county_name=ANY&NumPerPage=50&CurPage=1&FlgNoSciRecords=1&Check=1

Clover:

Arrow leaf (Trifolium vesiculosum)

Ball clover (Trifolium nigrescens)

Crimson clover (Trifolium incarnatum) http://wildflowers.jdcc.edu/Crimson%20Clover.html

Mexican clover (Pusley)(Richardia scabra) http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/result.asp

White Dutch Clover (Trifolium repens)

http://www.agry.purdue.edu/Ext/forages/publications/legumes/white_dutch.htm

Yellow Clover (Trifolium procumens)

http://wildflowers.jdcc.edu/Smaller_Hop_Clover.html

Coral Vine (Antigonon leptopus) http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/2050

Cotton (Crataegus uniflora) http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/result.asp

Cottonwood (Populus deltoids)

Dandilion (Taraxacum officinalee & t. erythrospermum)

Eastern Smoke bush (Baccharis)

Fall Asters (Aster spp.) http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/result.asp

Fetter Bush (Lyonia Lucida) http://wildflowers.jdcc.edu/Fetterbush.html

Fruit trees:

Peach (Prunus persica)

Pear (Pyrus spp.)

Plum (Prunus spp.)

Wild (Hog) Plum (Prunus spp.)

Wild Cherry (Prunus spp.)

Wild Persimmon (Diospyros)

Glossy Abelia (Abelia Grandiflora)

Goldenrod:

Plume type (Solidago) http://www.auburn.edu/~deancar/commnotes.htm

Woody (Chrysoma pauciflosculosa)

http://wildflowers.jdcc.edu/Woody%20Goldenrod.html

Gopher Apple (Chrysobalanus oblongifolius)

http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/result.asp

Hawthorne (Crataegus)

Henbit (Lamium) http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/result.asp

Honey Dew off Oak Trees http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/main.asp?plantID=3904

Holly:

American Holly (Ilex opaca)

Chinese Holly (Ilex cornuta)

Gallberry:

High Bush http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/result.asp

Low Bush http://www.floridata.com/ref/I/ilex_gla.cfm

Privet (Ligustrum spp)

Yaupon Holly (Ilex vomitoria) http://www.auburn.edu/~deancar/commnotes.htm

Huckleberry (Gooseberry) (Gayussacia)

Ironweed (Vernonia spp.)

Kudzu

Cherry Laurel (Prunus caroliniana) http://www.floridata.com/ref/P/prunus_c.cfm

Lespedeza (Lespedeza spp.)

Magnolia:

Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)

Sweet Magnolia (Magnolia virginiana)

Mayhaw http://www.mayhaw.org http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/result.asp

http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/result.asp

Partridge Pea (Cassia fasciculat) http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/result.asp

Pennyroyal (Pilobelphis rigida) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennyroyal

Pepper Vine (Ampelopsis arboreas)

Pepperbush (Cleththra)

Poison Ivy/Oak (Rhus)

PopCorn/Chinese Tallow (Sapium sebiferum) http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/result.asp

Rattan Vine (Crossvine) (Berchemina)

Red Bud (Cercis Canadensis)

http://wildflowers.jdcc.edu/Eastern%20Redbud.html

Red Maple (Acer Rubrum) http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/result.asp

Rosemary (Ceratiola ericoides)

http://wildflowers.jdcc.edu/Sandhill_Rosemary.html

Saw Palmetto (Serenoa repens) http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/result.asp

Sea Myrtle (Baccharis halimifolia)

http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/main.asp?plantID=3484

Short Needle Pine (Pinus echinata) http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/result.asp

Smartweed (Polygonum spp.)

Soap Weed / Red Root (Lachnanthes caroliniana)

http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/result.asp

Soybean (Glycine max)

Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboretum)

http://www.floridata.com/ref/O/oxydendr.cfm

Spanish Needle/Beggar tick (Bidens pilsoa) http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/result.asp

http://www.floridata.com/ref/B/bide_alb.cfm

Sparkle Berry http://www.floridata.com/ref/V/vacc_arb.cfm

Spring Beauty (Claytonia)

Summer Titi (Ironwood) (Cyrilla racemiflora) http://www.floridata.com/ref/c/cyri_rac.cfm

Sweet gum (Liquidambar)

Sumac (Rhus spp.)

Sunflower (Helianthus spp.)

Tulip Poplar (Populus spp.) http://wildflowers.jdcc.edu/Tulip%20Poplar.html

Tuliptree (Liridendron tulipfera)

Tupelo (White Tupelo) (Nyssa ogeche)

Vervain (Verbena spp.)

Vetch:

Bigflower (Vicia grandiflora)

Hairy (Vicia villosa)

Narrowleaf (Vicia angustifolia)

Woollypod (Vicia dasycarpa)

Wild (Mustard) Turnip (Brassica kaber)

http://www.weeds.asn.au/weeds/txts/wild_turnip.htm http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/result.asp

Willow Trees (Salix caroloniniana) http://www.floridata.com/ref/S/sali_bab.cfm

Wisteria (Wisteria Frutescens)

http://www.invasive.org/browse/subject.cfm?sub=3083

References:

Clarence Collison,. http://www.entomology.msstate.edu/resources at Tips, Beekeeping, Important Nectar/pollen Producing Plants in Mississippi.

James E. Tew http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/A/ANR-0351 Nectar and Pollen Producing Plants of Alabama

Tom Sanfrod http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/TOPIC_Beekeeping Beekeeping: Florida Bee Botany