Odessa American12 天
Celebrate the year of the Asclepias by planting milkweed
Grow milkweed (Asclepias) to support monarch butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees while adding color, fragrance, and beauty to your landscape. You’ll find native milkweeds throughout North and ...
University of Texas at San Antonio4 年
Partnering to Conserve the Monarch Butterfly Migration
Among the leading causes of this long-term trend are: Deforestation and forest degradation in the butterfly's overwintering sites Climate change punctuated by episodic extreme weather conditions in ...
Have you signed up for a milkweed class? Receive 2 seeded plants.
It is time to gather more information on growing milkweeds in the Central Texas area to contribute to the success that monarch butterflies have in producing new generations of butterflies. MORE FINCH: ...
Center for Biological Diversity2 年
Rare Milkweed Gains Endangered Species Protection, Critical Habitat
RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the prostrate milkweed as endangered. Only 24 populations of the plant survive, in south Texas and northern Mexico, where ...
The Union13 天
Melinda Myers: Celebrate the year of the Asclepias by planting milkweed
Grow milkweed (Asclepias) to support monarch butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees while adding color, fragrance, and beauty to your landscape. You’ll find native milkweeds throughout North and South ...
Sioux City Journal1 个月
New Nature Center exhibit showcases butterflies, milkweed importance to ecosystems
“This is a traveling temporary exhibit entitled Monarchs and Milkweed. And it tells the story of how the two species rely on each other for survival. It discusses the migration monarchs go ...