- est. 2020 -
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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Broad, wide laves
Thinner leaves with brighter flowers
Shorter than Swamp milkweed
Monarch butterfly
Monarch Caterpillar
Praying mantis
Aphids
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.
Thinner veins and two black spots on lower wings
Thicker veins and no black spots