List of Honey Bee Forage Species within Region 6 for the State of AZ

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USDA code	Family	Latin Name	Common Name	Plant Type	Begin Bloom Month	End Bloom Month	Sig
BRASS2	Brassicaceae	Brassica	mustard	C	1	9	N
SIIR	Brassicaceae	Sisymbrium irio	London / yellow rocket	C	1	4	N
BROLB	Brassicaceae	Brassica olerace	Cauliflower	C	2	3	N
BROLB	Brassicaceae	Brassica olerace	Broccoli	C	2	3	N
RASA2	Brassicaceae	Raphanus sativus	Radish	C	2	3	N
ERODI	Geraniaceae	Erodium	Filaree, heron's bill, storkbill, pin-clover, alfileria, clocks	F	2	5	N
LEGO	Brassicaceae	Lesquerella gordonii	Bladderpod	F	2	5	N
ARCTO3	Ericaceae	Arctostaphylos	Manzanita, bearberry	S	2	6	N
CAER	Fabaceae	Calliandra	Fairy duster, false mesquite	S	2	9	N
LATRA	Zygophyllaceae	Larrea tridentata	Creosote bush	S	2	10	N
POPUL	Salicaceae	Populus	Cottonwood, poplar aspen	TDB	2	6	N
CITRU2	Rutaceae	Citrus	Citrus	TEB, C	2	6	N
ALCE	Liliaceae	Allium cepa	Onion	C	3	5	N
CILAL	Cucurbitaceae	Citrullus lanatus	watermelon	C	3	6	N
ERIOG	Polygonaceae	Eriogonum	Wild buckwheat, umbrella plant	F	3	10	N
HESU3	Asteraceae	Heterotheca subaxillaris	Camphorweed, yellow flower	F	3	11	N
PLSE	Asteraceae	Pluchea sericea	Arrowweed	F	3	6	N
Cactus99	Cactaceae	Cactus	Cactus	S	3	8	N
MOSC	Celastraceae	Mortonia scabrella	Gray sandpaper bush	S	3	9	N
RHUS	Anacardiaceae	Rhus	Sumac, sugar bush, lemonade berry	S	3	9	N
SPHAE	Malvaceae	Sphaeralcea	Globe mallow	S	3	10	N
TAMAR2	Tamaricaceae	Tamarix	Tamarisk, salt cedar, athel	S	3	10	N
PAFL6	Fabaceae	Cercidium	Palo-verde	T, S	3	5	N
MALUS	Rosaceae	Malus	Apple	TDB	3	4	N
MESA	Fabaceae	Medicago sativa	Alfalfa, lucerne	C	4	10	N
SOHA	Poaceae	Sorghum halepense	Johnson-grass, aleppo grass, means-grass, Egyptian millet	F	4	11	N
ACGR	Fabaceae	Acacia greggii	Catclaw, devil's claw, Texas mimosa	S	4	9	N
BACCH	Asteraceae	Baccharis	Mule fat, groundsel, sea myrtle, yerba dulce, coyote brush	S	4	10	N
EPHED	Ephedraceae	Ephedra	mormon tea	S	4	6	N
PRGLG	Fabaceae	Prosopis glandulosa	Mesquite	S	4	6	N
MONAR	Lamiaceae	Monarda	Horsemint, wild bergamot, bee-balm	F	5	9	N
ALOYS	Verbenaceae	Aloysia	White brush, bee-brush, white sage	S	5	9	N
CAGI10	Cactaceae	Carnegiea gigantea	Saguaro, sahuaro, giant cactus	S	5	6	N
GOSSY	Malvaceae	Gossypium	Cotton	C	6	9	N
CATI	Asteraceae	Carthamus tinctorius	Safflower, false saffron	F	6	8	N
SOBIA	Poaceae	Sorghum bicolor	Sorghum, broom-corn	F	7	8	N
CHRYS9	Asteraceae	Chrysothamnus	Rabbitbrush	S	7	12	N
ISTE2	Asteraceae	Haplopappus tenuisectus	Burroweed, goldenweed	F	8	10	N
CILAL	Cucurbitaceae	Citrullus lanatus	watermelon	C	9	11	N

 For those wishing to see more detailed information about any species in the list, please visit the USDA PLANTS Database web site and search by any of the first three columns from the table.