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Monarch Waystations = Gardens with Milkweed

Milkweed - it's what's for dinner . . .

. . . for a monarch caterpillar.

BONAP

Biota of North America Program

http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Asclepias

PLANTS USDA

NRCS

http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ASCLE

http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/Monarch_Butterfly/documents/FNN-Summer2014-PollinatorGardens.pdf

North Carolina vendors of milkweed:

http://monarchwatch.org/milkweed/market/index.php?function=show_static_page&id_static_page=1&table_name=vendors

See "Local Resources" for additional vendors in Asheville area that carry Asclepias at various times of the year.

The Xerces Society's

Milkweed Project

http://monarchwatch.org/milkweed/market/index.php?function=show_static_page&id_static_page=1&table_name=vendors

www.monarchwatch.org/milkweed

Lots of great reading and resources here:

http://www.xerces.org/milkweed/

Access PDF for Milkweed: A Conservation Practioners Guide here:

http://www.xerces.org/milkweeds-a-conservation-practitioners-guide/

Methods of Propagating Milkweeds

USFS publication: Monarchs and milkweeds: The current situation and methods for propagating milkweeds

by Tara Luna & R. Kasten Dumroese.

http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs_other/rmrs_2013_luna_t001.pdf?

This map (from the link below) shows approximate ecoregions best suited for milkweeds. Identify your area's number and cross reference it to the listing for native milkweeds.

http://monarchwatch.org/milkweed/market/index.php?function=show_static_page&id_static_page=1&table_name=vendors