List of Honey Bee Forage Species within Region 12 for the State of MS

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USDA code	Family	Latin Name	Common Name	Plant Type	Begin Bloom Month	End Bloom Month	Sig
CUSA4	Cucurbitaceae	Cucumis sativus	cucumber	C	1	12	N
ACER	Aceraceae	Acer	maple	TDB	1	5	N
ALNUS	Betulaceae	Alnus Mill.	Alder	TDB	1	6	N
TAOFC	Asteraceae	Taraxacum	Dandelion, blow-balls	F	2	9	N
CRATA	Rosaceae	Crataegus	Hawthorn	S	2	6	N
CLMO2	Cyrillaceae	Cliftonia monophylla	Titi, buckwheat, ironwood	TDB	2	4	Y
SALIX	Salicaceae	Salix	Willow, osier	TDB	2	6	N
ULMUS	Ulmaceae	Ulmus	Elm	TDB	2	4	N
PRPE3	Rosaceae	Prunus persica	Peach	TDB, C	2	4	N
PRUNU	Rosaceae	Prunus	Plum (cultivated)	C	3	4	N
VERBE	Verbenaceae	Verbena	Vervain	F	3	10	N
ILGL	Aquifoliaceae	Ilex glabra	Gallberry, inkberry, winterberry, appalachian tea	S	3	6	Y
TOXIC	Anacardiaceae	Toxicodendron	Poison ivy, oak	S	3	6	N
RUBUS	Rosaceae	Rubus	Blackberry	S, C	3	6	N
DIVI5	Ebenaceae	Diospyros virginiana	Persimmon, possumwood, date plum	TDB	3	6	N
FRAXI	Oleaceae	Fraxinus	Ash	TDB	3	5	N
MALUS	Rosaceae	Malus	Apple	TDB	3	5	N
NYSSA	Nyssaceae	Nyssa	Tupelo, blackgum, ogeechee-lime	TDB	3	6	N
QUERC	Fagaceae	Quercus	Oak	TDB	3	5	N
ROPS	Fabaceae	Robinia pseudoacacia	Black locust, false acacia, yellow locust	TDB	3	6	N
BESC	Rhamnaceae	Berchemia scandens	Rattan vine, supplejack	V, F	3	6	Y
ZEMAM2	Poaceae	Zea mays	Corn, maize	C	4	9	N
TRIN3	Fabaceae	Trifolium incarnatum	Crimson / Italian clover	F	4	6	N
TRPR2	Fabaceae	Trifolium pratense	Red clover	F	4	9	N
TRRE3	Fabaceae	Trifolium repens	White, dutch clover	F	4	10	Y
TRRE4	Fabaceae	Trifolium resupinatum	Persian, reversed clover	F	4	9	N
VICIA	Fabaceae	Vicia	Vetch, tare	F	4	9	N
CYRA	Cyrillaceae	Cyrilla racemiflora	Titi, leatherwood, ironwood	S	4	7	Y
LIGUS2	Oleaceae	Ligustrum	Privet, hedge plant	S	4	7	N
LITU	Magnoliaceae	Liriodendron tulipifera	Tulip tree, poplar, whitewood	TDB	4	6	Y
ILEX	Aquifoliaceae	Ilex	Holly, yaupon	TEB	4	6	N
AMPEL3	Vitaceae	Ampelopsis	Pepper vine, snowvine	V	4	8	N
LONIC	Caprifoliceae	Lonicera	honeysuckle	V	4	8	N
CILAL	Cucurbitaceae	Citrullus lanatus	watermelon	C	5	8	N
ASTER	Asteraceae	Aster	Aster	F	5	11	N
HELEN	Asteraceae	Helenium	Bitterweed, sneezeweed	F	5	11	N
POLYG4	Polygonaceae	Polygonum	Smartweed, knotweed, fleece flower	F	5	11	N
SOBIA	Poaceae	Sorghum bicolor	Sorghum, broom-corn	F	5	10	N
CYDA	Poaceae	Cynodon dactylon	Bermuda grass, scutch-grass	G	5	11	N
RHUS	Anacardiaceae	Rhus	Sumac, sugar bush, lemonade berry	S	5	9	Y
TRSE6	Euphorbiaceae	Triadica sebifera	Chinese tallow tree, vegetable tallow	TDB	5	6	N
VITIS	Vitaceae	Vitis	Grape	VDB	5	7	N
GOSSY	Malvaceae	Gossypium	Cotton	C	6	9	Y
EUPEP	Asteraceae	Eupatorium	Boneset, joe-pye weed	F	6	11	N
CEOC2	Rubiaceae	Cephalanthus occidentalis	Buttonbrush	S	6	9	N
CLAL3	Clethraceae	Clethra alnifolia	Clethra, sweet pepperbush,	S	6	9	N
GLYCI	Fabaceae	Glycine	Soybean, soja bean	C	7	10	Y
SOLID	Asteraceae	Solidago	Goldenrod	F	7	11	N
MISC	Asteraceae	Mikania scandens	Snowvine, climbing hempweed, duckblind	F,V	7	10	N
BACCH	Asteraceae	Baccharis	Mule fat, groundsel, sea myrtle, yerba dulce, coyote brush	S	10	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.