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Carya spp. – Hickory

Carya spp. – Hickory

Carya spp. – Hickory

Carya spp. – Hickory

Carya spp. – Hickory

Carya spp. – Hickory

Carya spp. – Hickory

Carya spp. – Hickory

Carya spp. – Hickory

Carya spp. – Hickory

Carya spp. – Hickory

Carya spp. – Hickory

Carya spp. – Hickory

Carya spp. – Hickory

Carya spp. – Hickory

Carya spp. – Hickory

Carya spp. – Hickory

Carya spp. – Hickory

Carya spp. – Hickory

Botanical Family Juglandaceae

Bloom Time April – May

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation Granulate/Psilate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Round

Pollen Color

Securigera varia – Purple Crown Vetch

Securigera varia – Purple Crown Vetch

Securigera varia – Purple Crown Vetch

Securigera varia – Purple Crown Vetch

Securigera varia – Purple Crown Vetch

Securigera varia – Purple Crown Vetch

Securigera varia – Purple Crown Vetch

Securigera varia – Purple Crown Vetch

Securigera varia – Purple Crown Vetch

Securigera varia – Purple Crown Vetch

Securigera varia – Purple Crown Vetch

Securigera varia – Purple Crown Vetch

Securigera varia – Purple Crown Vetch

Securigera varia – Purple Crown Vetch

Securigera varia – Purple Crown Vetch

Securigera varia – Purple Crown Vetch

Securigera varia – Purple Crown Vetch

Securigera varia – Purple Crown Vetch

Securigera varia – Purple Crown Vetch

Securigera varia – Purple Crown Vetch

Securigera varia – Purple Crown Vetch

Botanical Family Fabaceae

Bloom Time May – August

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation Granulate/Psilate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Round

Pollen Color

Erica carnea – Winter Heath

Erica carnea – Winter Heath

Erica carnea – Winter Heath

Erica carnea – Winter Heath

Erica carnea – Winter Heath

Erica carnea – Winter Heath

Erica carnea – Winter Heath

Erica carnea – Winter Heath

Erica carnea – Winter Heath

Erica carnea – Winter Heath

Erica carnea – Winter Heath

Erica carnea – Winter Heath

Erica carnea – Winter Heath

Erica carnea – Winter Heath

Erica carnea – Winter Heath

Erica carnea – Winter Heath

Erica carnea – Winter Heath

Erica carnea – Winter Heath

Erica carnea – Winter Heath

Botanical Family Ericaceae

Bloom Time January – March

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Tetrad

Aperture Number >6

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation Psilate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Round

Pollen Color Light Green, Green

Pieris japonica – Japanese Pieris

Pieris japonica – Japanese Pieris

Pieris japonica – Japanese Pieris

Pieris japonica – Japanese PierisPieris japonica – Japanese Pieris

Pieris japonica – Japanese PierisPieris japonica – Japanese Pieris

Pieris japonica – Japanese Pieris

Pieris japonica – Japanese Pieris

Pieris japonica – Japanese Pieris

Pieris japonica – Japanese Pieris

Pieris japonica – Japanese Pieris

Pieris japonica – Japanese Pieris

Pieris japonica – Japanese Pieris

Pieris japonica – Japanese Pieris

Botanical Family Ericaceae

Bloom Time April

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Tetrad

Aperture Number Inaperturate

Aperture Type N/A

Ornamentation Psilate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Round

Pollen Color

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source •

Nectar Source •

This flower is often visited more by bumble bees than honey bees, on average.

Taxodium ascendens – Pond Cypress

Taxodium ascendens – Pond Cypress

Taxodium ascendens – Pond Cypress

Taxodium ascendens – Pond Cypress

Taxodium ascendens – Pond Cypress

Taxodium ascendens – Pond Cypress

Taxodium ascendens – Pond Cypress

Taxodium ascendens – Pond Cypress

Taxodium ascendens – Pond Cypress

Taxodium ascendens – Pond Cypress

Taxodium ascendens – Pond Cypress

Taxodium ascendens – Pond Cypress

Taxodium ascendens – Pond Cypress

Taxodium ascendens – Pond Cypress

Taxodium ascendens – Pond Cypress

Taxodium ascendens – Pond Cypress

Taxodium ascendens – Pond Cypress

Taxodium ascendens – Pond CypressTaxodium ascendens – Pond Cypress

Taxodium ascendens – Pond CypressTaxodium ascendens – Pond Cypress

Taxodium ascendens – Pond Cypress

Taxodium ascendens – Pond Cypress

Taxodium ascendens – Pond Cypress

Taxodium ascendens – Pond Cypress

Botanical Family Cupressaceae

Bloom Time Non-Flowering

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 1+

Aperture Type Sulcus

Ornamentation Psilate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Round

Pollen Color

Calycanthus floridus – Carolina Allspice

Calycanthus floridus – Carolina Allspice

Calycanthus floridus – Carolina Allspice

Calycanthus floridus – Carolina Allspice

Calycanthus floridus – Carolina Allspice

Calycanthus floridus – Carolina Allspice

Calycanthus floridus – Carolina Allspice

Calycanthus floridus – Carolina Allspice

Calycanthus floridus – Carolina Allspice

Calycanthus floridus – Carolina Allspice

Calycanthus floridus – Carolina Allspice

Calycanthus floridus – Carolina Allspice

Calycanthus floridus – Carolina Allspice

Calycanthus floridus – Carolina Allspice

Calycanthus floridus – Carolina Allspice

Calycanthus floridus – Carolina Allspice

Calycanthus floridus – Carolina Allspice

Calycanthus floridus – Carolina Allspice

Calycanthus floridus – Carolina Allspice

Calycanthus floridus – Carolina Allspice

Calycanthus floridus – Carolina Allspice

Calycanthus floridus – Carolina Allspice

Calycanthus floridus – Carolina Allspice

Botanical Family Calycanthaceae

Bloom Time April – July

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number N/A

Aperture Type Sulcus

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Round

Pollen Color

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Flower photo contributed by Mount Cuba

Erysimum allionii – Siberian Wallflower

Erysimum allionii – Siberian Wallflower

Erysimum allionii – Siberian Wallflower

Erysimum allionii – Siberian Wallflower

Erysimum allionii – Siberian Wallflower

Erysimum allionii – Siberian Wallflower

Erysimum allionii – Siberian Wallflower

Erysimum allionii – Siberian Wallflower

Erysimum allionii – Siberian Wallflower

Erysimum allionii – Siberian Wallflower

Erysimum allionii – Siberian Wallflower

Erysimum allionii – Siberian Wallflower

Erysimum allionii – Siberian Wallflower

Erysimum allionii – Siberian Wallflower

Erysimum allionii – Siberian Wallflower

Erysimum allionii – Siberian Wallflower

Erysimum allionii – Siberian Wallflower

Botanical Family Brassicacaeae

Bloom Time April – June

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 1+

Aperture Type Sulcus

Ornamentation Reticulate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 18

Shape Round

Pollen Color

Corylus avellana ‘contorta’ – Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick

Corylus avellana 'contorta' – Harry Lauder's Walking Stick

Corylus avellana ‘contorta’ – Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick

Corylus avellana 'contorta' – Harry Lauder's Walking Stick

Corylus avellana ‘contorta’ – Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick

Corylus avellana 'contorta' – Harry Lauder's Walking Stick

Corylus avellana ‘contorta’ – Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick

Corylus avellana 'contorta' – Harry Lauder's Walking Stick

Corylus avellana ‘contorta’ – Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick

Corylus avellana 'contorta' – Harry Lauder's Walking Stick

Corylus avellana ‘contorta’ – Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick

Corylus avellana 'contorta' – Harry Lauder's Walking Stick

Corylus avellana ‘contorta’ – Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick

Corylus avellana 'contorta' – Harry Lauder's Walking Stick

Corylus avellana ‘contorta’ – Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick

Corylus avellana 'contorta' – Harry Lauder's Walking Stick

Corylus avellana ‘contorta’ – Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick

Corylus avellana 'contorta' – Harry Lauder's Walking Stick

Corylus avellana ‘contorta’ – Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick

Corylus avellana 'contorta' – Harry Lauder's Walking Stick

Corylus avellana ‘contorta’ – Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick

Corylus avellana 'contorta' – Harry Lauder's Walking Stick

Corylus avellana ‘contorta’ – Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick

Botanical Family Betulaceae

Bloom Time March – April

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Triangular

Pollen Color

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Pollen Load Identification

Corylus spp. pollen typically has a large pollen load in the corbicula, but also causing pollen dusting on the head and antennae, and the posterior thorax and abdomen of the foraging bee.

Resources

Hodges, D. (1952). The pollen loads of the honey bee: a guide to their identification by colour and form. London: Bee Research Assoc. Ltd.

Mahonia spp. – Barberry

Mahonia spp. – Barberry

Mahonia spp. – Barberry

Mahonia spp. – Barberry

Mahonia spp. – Barberry

Mahonia spp. – Barberry

Mahonia spp. – Barberry

Mahonia spp. – Barberry

Mahonia spp. – Barberry

Mahonia spp. – Barberry

Mahonia spp. – Barberry

Mahonia spp. – Barberry

Mahonia spp. – Barberry

Mahonia spp. – Barberry

Mahonia spp. – Barberry

Mahonia spp. – Barberry

Mahonia spp. – Barberry

Mahonia spp. – Barberry

Mahonia spp. – Barberry

Mahonia spp. – Barberry

Mahonia spp. – Barberry

Mahonia spp. – Barberry

Mahonia spp. – Barberry

Mahonia spp. – Barberry

Mahonia spp. – Barberry

Botanical Family Amaryllidaceae

Bloom Time April

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number

Aperture Type Sulcus

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Round

Pollen Color

Vinca minor – Common Periwinkle

Vinca minor – Common Periwinkle

Vinca minor – Common Periwinkle

Vinca minor – Common Periwinkle

Vinca minor – Common Periwinkle

Vinca minor – Common Periwinkle

Vinca minor – Common Periwinkle

Vinca minor – Common Periwinkle

Vinca minor – Common Periwinkle

Vinca minor – Common Periwinkle

Vinca minor – Common Periwinkle

Vinca minor – Common Periwinkle

Vinca minor – Common Periwinkle

Vinca minor – Common Periwinkle

Vinca minor – Common Periwinkle

Vinca minor – Common Periwinkle

Vinca minor – Common Periwinkle

Vinca minor – Common Periwinkle

Vinca minor – Common Periwinkle

Vinca minor – Common Periwinkle

Vinca minor – Common Periwinkle

Vinca minor – Common Periwinkle

Vinca minor – Common Periwinkle

Vinca minor – Common Periwinkle

Vinca minor – Common Periwinkle

Botanical Family Apocynaceae

Bloom Time May – June

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 1

Aperture Type Sulcus

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Oval

Pollen Color Tan, Light Yellow, White

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source •

Nectar Source • •