PLANTS Profile
Asclepias tuberosa L.
butterfly milkweed
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Asclepias tuberosa L.
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Distribution:
Asclepias tuberosa L.
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USA (AL , AR , AZ , CA, CO , CT , DC , DE , FL , GA , IA , IL , IN , KS , KY , LA , MA , MD, ME , MI , MN , MO , MS , NC , NE , NH , NJ , NM , NY , OH , OK , PA , RI , SC , SD , TN , TX , UT , VA , VT , WI , WV ), CAN (ON, QC)
Related Taxa:
Asclepias tuberosa L.
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23 genera in Asclepiadaceae ,
76 species in Asclepias
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Classification:
Asclepias tuberosa L.
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Threatened and Endangered Information:
Asclepias tuberosa L.
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists.
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Wildlife Habitat Values:
Asclepias tuberosa L.
Large Mammals
Small Mammals
Water Birds
Terrestrial Birds
Source
Large Mammals Food
Large Mammals Cover
Small Mammals Food
Small Mammals Cover
Water Birds Food
Water Birds Cover
Terrestrial Birds Food
Terrestrial Birds Cover
Miller
Minor
Minor
Wildlife Habitat Values
Wildlife
Habitat Values
Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses . Southern Weed Science Society.
More Accounts and Images:
Asclepias tuberosa L.
View photographs from CalPhotos.
View species account , photographs , and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.
View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30313.
View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).
View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.
View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).
View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).
View 2 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.
View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.
Related Web Sites:
Asclepias tuberosa L.
AL-Wildflowers of Alabama
CO-Southwest Colorado Wildflowers
CT-Connecticut Botanical Society
FL-University of Florida Extension
IL-Illinois Wildflowers
IN-Center for New Crops and Plant Products (Purdue)
KS-Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses
KY-Wildflowers of Western Kentucky
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
MI-Michigan State University Extension
MO-Kemper Center for Home Gardening (MoBotGard)
MO-Missouri Plants
NC-Plant Fact Sheet (NCSU)
NC-Poisonous Plants of North Carolina
Nearartica Eastern Wildflowers
TX-Texas Parks and Wildlife
UK-Plants For A Future
USDI FWS BayScapes Conservation Landscaping Program
WI-University of Wisconsin Freckmann Herbarium
Wild Flowers of the Southeastern U.S.
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