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Index of Subjects To reiterate, it is not abundant. It--swamp milkweed-- is listed as S4 by an organization that keeps track of plants as a science and a business. While it is no longer considered rare because of finds in the past decade, it is now listed as uncommon and locally abundant--hence S4. Common things get an S5 score in the ranking system. Hill On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 10:50 AM, Derek Bridgehouse <d.bridgehouse@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > From my experience monarch butterflies do well on swamp milkweed in NS .and yes it is abundant . > > 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. Bio >>> Adamah Consultants >>> >>> Coquitlam BC Canada >>> 604-939-0523 >>> >>> adamah@telus.net >>> >>> Re-connecting People & Nature >>> >>> Science World - Scientists in the Schools Ambassador >>> >>> >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> >>> No virus found in this message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 201