The creation of monarch butterfly habitat
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Last fall, I collected common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) seed to establish some plots on a farmer cooperator's land over the winter. My plan was to seed directly into a standing cool-season grass adjacent to a crop field and determine the effectiveness of this method for plant establishment. If this seeding method proves to be effective, it would be a relatively simple way for landowners to provide habitat for monarch butterflies in non-crop areas.
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