Asclepias exaltata (Poke Milkweed) Size:0.25 lbs Seed Photo 3 By: By Sherief

Photo 3 By: By Sherief Saleh (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3

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This native is an adaptable cool season clumping grass commonly found in wet prairies and sedge meadows

easily controlled by digging the root corms as the need arises to control its spread

Asclepias exaltata (Poke Milkweed) Size:0.25 lbs Seed Photo 3 By: By SheriefMonarch Butterflies are fully and exclusively dependent upon milkweeds for laying eggs and for larva food source and they can nectar. These plants were once so plentiful they were literally called weeds because they were problematic in agricultural fields. However, that's no longer the case with regular Glyphosate treatments to agricultural fields wiping out all "weeds". With fragmentation, global climate change, pollution, and other threats this is a