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Llantarnam is a historic village absorbed into the southern edge of Cwmbran, centred on Llantarnam Abbey — a Cistercian foundation now a convent — and its walled garden and mature parkland. The abbey grounds carry lime, chestnut and ornamental planting that provides a distinctive forage site close to the village; the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal passes through the western edge of the settlement, its towpath margins carrying meadowsweet, loosestrife and bramble. White clover on the parkland and open green spaces is abundant in summer; hawthorn on the field hedges towards Llangybi supplements spring pollen. The Gwent Beekeepers' Association covers Llantarnam.

Sycamore dominates the valley sides from Blaenavon to Cwmbran, providing a consistent May flow throughout the borough. Hawthorn on the valley-side hedges and blackthorn in the scrub edges gives a reliable April supplement. White clover is abundant on Pontypool Park and the numerous amenity green spaces of Cwmbran; the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal corridor through the valley brings meadowsweet, purple loosestrife and willowherb into easy reach. Bilberry and ling heather on the Blorenge mountain and the Blaenafon plateau provide a late-August supplement for colonies on the valley rim, and bramble is dense on the reclaimed tip margins and valley-side forest edges throughout the borough. Lime avenues in Pontypool Park flower reliably in July and represent the most distinctive forage source in the county.