Asclepias syriaca – Common Milkweed

Botanical Family Apocynaceae

Bloom Time June-August

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 0-1

Aperture Type Inaperturate

Ornamentation Psilate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Round

Pollen Color 

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Resources

Flower photos contributed by Mount Cuba

Coreopsis lanceolata – Lanceleaf Coreopsis

 

 

Botanical Family Asteraceae

Bloom Time May-July

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Echinate

Tectum Eutectate

Size

Shape Round

Pollen Color 

 

Coreopsis auriculata-Lobed Tickseed

 

 

Botanical Family Asteraceae

Bloom Time April-June

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Echinate

Tectum Eutectate

Size

Shape Round

Pollen Color 

Amelanchier canadensis – Shadblow Serviceberry

Botanical Family Roseaceae

Bloom Time March – June

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Round

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Resources

Flower photos contributed by Mount Cuba