Plants that support Prune mining bee
12 plants
Arctic Butterbur
Petasites frigidus var. palmatus
perennial herb
Spring pollen provisioning for nests
Big-leaf Maple
Acer macrophyllum
tree
Spring blooming resource during adult foraging Apr-May
Bitter-berry
Prunus virginiana var. demissa
tree
Specialized early spring forager; adults emerge with Prunus flowers
Cascade Barberry
Berberis nervosa
perennial herb
Early spring pollen source for native mining bee populations during emergence period
Creeping Sage
Salvia sonomensis
shrub
Early spring forager; collects pollen for brood provisioning Apr-May
Douglas' Drymocallis
Drymocallis glandulosa
perennial herb
Early spring foraging
Flat-bud Prickly Poppy
Argemone munita
annual
Early season pollen source for spring-emerging solitary bee
Ninebark
Physocarpus capitatus
shrub
Spring pollen collector on ninebark flowers
Pacific stonecrop
Sedum spathulifolium
perennial herb
Early spring forager relying on succulent pollen loads
Utah Serviceberry
Amelanchier utahensis
shrub
Specialist pollinator; emerges with plant flowering Apr-May
Woollyfruit Desertparsley
Lomatium dasycarpum subsp. dasycarpum
perennial herb
Oligolectic or oligophilic specialist utilizing spring wildflower pollen