Hoptree, Ptelea trifoliata
Native bumble bee on hoptree, "Ptelea trifoliata" (Rutaceae, or Citrus family)
Hoptree is one of two larval food plants of Canada's largest butterfly, the giant swallowtail, Papilio cresphontes. It is also a very important early spring pollinator plant. For many weeks it provides flora resources for native pollinators of all sorts when little else is in flower.
A song sparrow in hoptree