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DB > On Jan 16, 2015, at 10:39 AM, Nicholas Hill <fernhillns@gmail.com> wrote: > > Re. Swamp Milkweed abundant in some parts of NS > While there are some large patches of swamp milkweed in some areas, it > certainly is not common and is ranked S4 by Atlantic Canada > Conservation Data Centre. Around the City, it is absent from wild > areas. It comes into stillwater peatlands--fens--around Mount Uniacke, > it is patchy in similar riparian fen and rarely on lakeshores in the > southwest. It is common in marshes in the Musquodoboit and Stewiacke > and probably in many true marshes. I don't think of it as a swamp > species because it wouldn't do shade. Because it is patchy and locally > abundant, it stands to reason that planting it in the vicinities in > between the above areas would help to increase butterfly populations. > The common milkweed does well on roadsides and dry old fields. The > swamp milkweed will grow in its natural areas as well as in wet > meadows that may have been hay fields. It is a good garden plant if > the soils don't get too droughty (ie. would need to amend sandy soils > with lots of organic). > There are lots of other natives that will do for butterflies and MTRI > (Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute) has been championing this. Joe > Pye is a super native/garden plant and is great addition to the back > of flower borders. We need lots of observations by naturalists on > which plants attract which pollinators. Does anyone know any group > working in the maritimes who keeps track? > Nick > > > > On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 10:03 AM, rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca > <rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: >> Interesting Dave >> One thing I always wondered if Monarchs only utilized Common Milkweed ( >> Asclepias syriaca ) >> or do they use Swamp Milkweed ( Asclepias pulchra ) as well? >> If they use Swamp Milkweed in Nova Scotia there sure isn't any need to plant >> any >> as there are many acres in the center of the province. >> Enjoy the January thaw? >> Paul >> >> On January 16, 2015 at 8:45 AM David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> >> wrote: >> >> Dear All, >> Perhaps Ian is away so I will post this for him. >> Yt, DW, Kentville >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: David & Alison Webster >> To: Ian Manning >> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2015 6:53 PM >> Subject: Re: [Aliens-L] How well-intentioned Americans trying to save >> monarch butterflies may actually be destroying them >> >> Hi Ian, >> Very Interesting. Suggest you post it to the list. The devil, as the >> saying goes, is in the details. Hopefully this news will get spread so >> gardeners stop planting the wrong kind. >> Dave >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Ian Manning >> To: David & Alison Webster >> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2015 5:01 PM >> Subject: Fwd: [Aliens-L] How well-intentioned Americans trying to save >> monarch butterflies may actually be destroying them >> >> Dear David, >> >> Read this today, and thought you might be interested. >> >> Cheers, >> Ian >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Pamela Zevit Adamah Consultants <adamah@telus.net> >> Date: 15 January 2015 at 16:12 >> Subject: [Aliens-L] How well-intentioned Americans trying to save monarch >> butterflies may actually be destroying them >> To: Issg List < aliens-l@list.auckland.ac.nz> >> >> >> Received this through the folks at Xerces Society for Invertebrate >> Conservation. On southwest coastal BC the western population of Monarchs >> does breed (rarely) as a transient on its way down to overwinter in >> California. This is only due to the presence of milkweed grown in people’s >> gardens (a plant that is not endemic in my region of BC). This is >> well-intentioned but reminds me of the way in which humans have altered >> hummingbird migratory pathways through feeders. We now have a species of >> hummingbird (Anna’s) that overwinters here and would normally starve if it >> wasn’t for feeders (and I suspect some freeze to death during prolonged cold >> snaps). >> >> >> >> I have also noted that to promote pollinator conservation some community >> gardens or organizations here are using Monarchs as an icon and handing out >> packets of milkweed seed for people to plant locally. Rather than promoting >> native species that would benefit a range of pollinators. >> >> >> >> “People love the monarch butterfly, with its beautiful orange and black >> wings and its endlessly intriguing migratory journey. But some may be loving >> it to death. That’s the tragic essence of a new study, which suggests the >> efforts of many backyard gardeners to save the creatures may in fact be >> unintentionally contributing to their endangerment.” >> >> http://tinyurl.com/mhcbu28 >> >> >> >> Pamela Zevit, R.P. 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