Asclepias purpurascens (Purple Milkweed) Size:32 Plug Flat Moving beyond basic land management

Moving beyond basic land management requires a shift from reactive "weed-pulling" to systemic restoration

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Asclepias purpurascens (Purple Milkweed) Size:32 Plug Flat Moving beyond basic land managementMonarch 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