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Stenhousemuir is a residential suburb east of Larbert, set on the flat ground between the River Carron and the former Forth and Clyde industries, well known in Scottish football as the home of Stenhousemuir FC at Ochilview Park. The town merges with Larbert to the west and is bounded to the north by the River Carron corridor, which carries mature bankside willows, alder and hawthorn. The surrounding Carse farmland between Stenhousemuir and the Forth shore carries oilseed rape in April-May and white clover on the improved pastures through June and July; the Carron Valley Country Park to the northwest provides heather moorland ground accessible to those willing to move colonies. The amenity grasslands of Larbert Loch park nearby carry clover into late summer.

Oilseed rape on the Forth Carse between Larbert, Grangemouth and Airth provides the main April-May flow, one of the most productive in central Scotland. White clover on the improved Carse pastures and the amenity grasslands of the Falkirk and Larbert parks is the mid-summer backbone from June through July. Sycamore is the dominant early flow tree on road margins and hedgerows throughout the council area. The Forth and Clyde Canal and Union Canal towpaths carry himalayan balsam strongly from late July into September — one of the defining features of the Falkirk beekeeping calendar. Hawthorn on the Carron valley hedgerows and the canal embankments peaks in May; gorse and broom appear on the Kilsyth Hills fringe above Bonnybridge and on the Slamannan Plateau in the south. Heather on the Carron Valley moorland above Denny and on the Slamannan Plateau provides a modest late-season upland supplement. Ivy on older stone buildings closes the calendar in October.