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Common Milkweed seeds
Asclepias syriaca
46.9208, -95.5952
Field Notes
Description:
Milkweed fruit are elongated, green dry pods that split open to release many flat, brown seeds, each attached to hair-like fuzz that carries the seed away on the wind.
Habitat:
Many milkweed seed pods were found on the road leading to the Job Corp site on Hwy 126. Milkweed can be located in a variety of habitat including areas that are wet or dry, sunny, and with shade.
Notes:
The Monarch butterfly lays its eggs exclusively on milkweeds. Monarch caterpillars ingest the toxic sap with no ill effects, but they then become toxic to birds and other animals.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedOctober 27, 2013
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