May

Aquilegia canadensis – Columbine

Aquilegia canadensis – Wild Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis – Wild Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis – Wild Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis – Wild Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis – Wild Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis – Wild Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis – Wild Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis – Wild Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis – Wild Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis – Wild Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis – Wild Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis – Wild Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis – Wild Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis – Wild Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis – Wild 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

Actaea pachypoda – White Baneberry
Actaea pachypoda – White Baneberry
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

Phlox subulata–Moss phlox
Phlox subulata–Moss phlox
Phlox subulata–Moss phlox
Phlox subulata–Moss phlox
Phlox subulata–Moss phlox
Phlox subulata–Moss phlox
Phlox subulata–Moss phlox
Phlox subulata–Moss phlox
Phlox subulata–Moss phlox
Phlox subulata–Moss phlox
Phlox subulata–Moss phlox
Phlox subulata–Moss phlox
Phlox subulata–Moss phlox
Phlox subulata–Moss phlox
Phlox subulata–Moss phlox
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

 

Coreopsis lanceolata – Lanceleaf Coreopsis

 

 

Coreopsis lanceolata–Lanceleaf coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata–Lanceleaf coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata–Lanceleaf coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata–Lanceleaf coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata–Lanceleaf coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata–Lanceleaf coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata–Lanceleaf coreopsis
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

 

 

Coreopsis auriculata–Lobed tickseed
Coreopsis auriculata–Lobed tickseed
Coreopsis auriculata–Lobed tickseed
Coreopsis auriculata–Lobed tickseed
Coreopsis auriculata–Lobed tickseed
Coreopsis auriculata–Lobed tickseed
Coreopsis auriculata–Lobed tickseed
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 

Baptisia alba – False Indigo

 

Baptisia alba–False Indigo
Baptisia alba–False Indigo
Baptisia alba–False Indigo
Baptisia alba–False Indigo

Botanical Family Fabaceae

Bloom Time April – May

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Triangular

Pollen Color 

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source