Caltha palustris–Marsh Marigold

 

Botanical Family Ranunculaceae

Bloom Time April-June

 

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size 

Shape Round 

Brassica oleracea – Wild Cabbage

 

Botanical Family Brassicaceae

Bloom Time Rarely flowers

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 1

Aperture Type Sulcus

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Oval

Pollen Color 

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Betula pendula – Silver Birch

Botanical Family Betulaceae

Bloom Time February

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Round

Pollen Color Yellow, Green

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source •

Nectar Source N/A

Aquilegia canadensis – Columbine

Botanical Family Ranunculaceae

Bloom Time April to May

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size 

Shape Round

Pollen Color 

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Actaea pachypoda – White Baneberry

Botanical Family Ranunculaceae

Bloom Time April – June

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Round

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Resources

Flower photos contributed by Mount Cuba

Phlox subulata-Moss Phlox

Botanical Family Polemoniaceae

Bloom Time March – May

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number <6

Aperture Type Porate

Ornamentation Reticulate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Round

Pollen Color Dark Orange

Honey Bee Resource

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

 

Corylopsis pauciflora – Buttercup Winterhazel

Botanical Family Hamamelidaceae

Bloom Time March – April

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation granulate/perforate

Tectum Semitectate

Size (um)

Shape Round

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source