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