Hillside Prairie

- est. 2020 -

Rossford, OH

This prairie is filled with native wildflowers grasses. It will take about three years for it to be fully established but it is already attracting pollinators such as bees, butterflies, and birds.

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Flowers

Hoary vervain

False sunflower

Lanceleaf coreopsis

Common Milkweed

Broad, wide laves

Swamp milkweed

Thinner leaves with brighter flowers

Butterfly weed

Shorter than Swamp milkweed

Cardinal flower

Ironweed

Partridge Pea

Insects

Monarch butterfly

Monarch Caterpillar

Praying mantis

Aphids

Monarch Butterfly Identification

Monarchs can consume from any flower but only lay eggs on Milkweed. When the caterpillars hatch, they only eat Milkweed until they form a chrysalis. The toxins in the Milkweed sap makes that caterpillars and butterflies bitter and undesirable to predators.

Male

Thinner veins and two black spots on lower wings

Female

Thicker veins and no black spots