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Mountains | Piedmont | Coastal Plain
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Coastal Plain |
| Today is 9- May- 2008 | Average Bloom Period in NC Coastal Plain |
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| Plant Name | Scientific Name | Starts | Days | Ends |
| Red Maple | Acer rubrum | 20-Jan | 45 | 5-Mar |
| Sugar Maple | Acer saccharum | 25-Feb | 25 | 21-Mar |
| Blackberry | Rubus spp. | 1-Mar | 46 | 16-Apr |
| Dandelion | Taraxacum officinale | 5-Mar | 55 | 29-Apr |
| Sumac | Rhus spp. | 1-Apr | 153 | 1-Sep |
| Huckleberry | Gaylussacia spp. | 5-Apr | 32 | 7-May |
| Tulip Poplar | Liriodendrum tulipifera | 17-Apr | 30 | 17-May |
| Tupelo Gum | Nyssa aquatica | 20-Apr | 30 | 20-May |
| Raspberry | Rubus spp. | 20-Apr | 40 | 30-May |
| Holly | Ilex spp. | 24-Apr | 16 | 10-May |
| Black Gum | Nyssa sylvatica | 27-Apr | 24 | 21-May |
| Gallberry | Ilex glabra & coriacea | 12-May | 28 | 9-Jun |
| Sourwood | Oxydendrum arboreum | 1-Jun | 20 | 21-Jun |
| Pepperbush | Clethra alnifolia | 1-Aug | 20 | 21-Aug |
| Goldenrod | Solidago spp. | 1-Aug | 85 | 25-Oct |
| Aster | Aster spp. | 30-Sep | 40 | 9-Nov |
| Source: N.C. Cooperative Extension Service: Honey Plants of North Carolina prepared by: J. Ambrose; revised by S. Bambara |
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