Bee-loved native wildflower is popping up everywhere right now
Wild bergamot, a native mint-family wildflower loved by bees and butterflies, is having a big week on iNaturalist with over a thousand sightings logged by everyday observers.
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Sugar maple spotting slows as Canada's fall color fades
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Red oak spotting slows down as fall colors fade
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This fuzzy forest moss is suddenly everywhere in Canada
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Milkweed sightings stay high across Canada as autumn sets in
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Monarda is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. The genus is endemic to North America. Common names include bergamot, bee balm, horsemint, and oswego tea, the first being inspired by the fragrance of the leaves, which is reminiscent of bergamot orange. The genus was named for the Spanish botanist Nicolás Monardes, who wrote a book in 1574 describing plants of the New World.
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Wild bergamot is blooming everywhere right now, and people are noticing
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Wild Bergamot
native-plants / pollinators
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native-plants / pollinators
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Wild Bergamot
native-plants / pollinators
Wild bergamot blooming across North America draws record observer attention
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Wild Bergamot
native-plants / pollinators
Scarlet Beebalm confirmed thriving in Ohio, welcoming hummingbirds and bees
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Scarlet Beebalm
native-plants / pollinators
Bloom timing shapes how a bumblebee gut parasite spreads between flowers
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Wild Bergamot
pollinators / phenology
wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) observed in Tennessee, US
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Wild Bergamot
native-plants / pollinators
wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) observed in Franklin County, KY, USA
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Wild Bergamot
native-plants / pollinators
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Bee Balm
soil-health / plant-pathogen
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Foliar pathogens and drought drive plant-soil feedback between two ...
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