Asclepias viridiflora (Short Green Milkweed) Pollinator Party and sometimes mesic prairies

and sometimes mesic prairies

This adaptable native fern does well in deep shade to light shade and in wet to normal conditions

Photo #1:By Eric in SF (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3

An excellent texture plant for any woodland garden

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Asclepias viridiflora (Short Green Milkweed) Pollinator Party and sometimes mesic prairiesMonarch 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