Tag Archive | Hummingbirds
The Importance of Milkweed: Supporting Biodiversity Beyond Monarch Butterflies
When people think about milkweed, the monarch butterfly comes to mind. Monarch butterflies’ existence depends on this plant. It is a source of nourishing nectar; its leaves are essential for growing caterpillars. Without milkweed, monarch butterflies would become extinct. Common milkweed also hosts other living things. Walk into a milkweed patch, and you will find […]
The Hairy Fern
One of the earliest ferns to poke through the ground in freshwater wetlands in the eastern U.S. and Canada is the Cinnamon Fern. As is true of many ferns when this plant first appears, it looks like the top of a fiddle thus it is called a fiddle head. This “fiddle” will unfurl into a […]
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