[Pollinator] New guide to central U.S. milkweeds

[Matthew Shepherd]

The Xerces Society is pleased to announce the release of Pollinator Plants
of the Central United States: Native Milkweeds, a comprehensive guide to
using the native milkweeds of the lower Midwest and Central U.S. in habitat
projects and gardens. Xerces' Project Milkweed is working to promote the
benefits of including milkweeds in habitat plantings for monarch
butterflies, pollinators such as native bees, and other beneficial insects.
This new guide makes it simpler for land managers and gardeners to
select-and obtain-the most appropriate species of milkweeds for their
locale. 

 

Pollinator Plants of the Central United States: Native Milkweeds de-scribes
the importance of milkweed to wildlife, provides an overview of milkweed
establishment practices, and profiles numerous species that are commercially
available and can be incorporated into seed mixes and planting plans. Five
milkweed species that have special conservation status are also profiled. 

 

The guide was developed by Brianna Borders and Eric Mader of the Xerces
Society, in collaboration with Allen Casey (USDA-NRCS Missouri), John M. Row
and Rich Wynia (USDA-NRCS Kansas), Randy King and Alayna Jacobs (USDA-NRCS
Arkansas), and with Dr. Chip Taylor of Monarch Watch.  

 

Download the guide from the Project Milkweed web page,
http://www.xerces.org/milkweed/. 

 

You can also find it in the relevant regions of the Pollinator Conservation
Resource Center, http://www.xerces.org/pollinator-resource-center/. 

 

This guide was produced thanks to funding from the Monarch Joint Venture and
with the continuing support of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation
Service.

 

 

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Matthew Shepherd

Communications Director

 

The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

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