The Milkweed Community
There are over 100 different types of milkweed.
Here are four that can grow in Colts Neck.
swamp
There are over 100 different types of milkweed.
Here are four that can grow in Colts Neck.
swamp
common
There are over 100 different types of milkweed.
Here are four that can grow in Colts Neck.
tropical
swamp
common
There are over 100 different types of milkweed.
Here are four that can grow in Colts Neck.
white swamp
swamp
common
tropical
There are over 100 different types of milkweed.
Here are four that can grow in Colts Neck.
white swamp
swamp
common
tropical
butterfly weed
What is a community?
Turn and talk.
An ecological community is a place
where plants and animals live together.
They also depend upon each other
for food, shelter, or safety.
Another way to say this…these plants
and animals are
interdependent.
Let us see
some members
of a milkweed
community.
Uses Milkweed
as a Food Source
Uses Milkweed
for Shelter
Plants Found
Near Milkweed
Other
Uses
Monarch
American
Goldfinch
Silver Maple
Eastern Yellow
Jacket
Milkweed
Bug
Eastern
Mole
Queen Anne’s
Lace
American
Dog Tick
Aphids
White-footed
Mouse
Black-Eyed
Susan
Clouded
Sulphur
Tiger
Swallowtail
Goldenrod
Spider
Pokeweed
Pipevine
Swallowtail
Ruby-throated
Hummingbird
Green
Lacewing
Common
Ragweed
Organ-pipe
Mud Dauber
Honey Bee
Carolina
Chickadee
Bushy
Aster
Black Carpenter
Ant
Cicada
Killer
Black and Yellow
Argiope
Lamb’s
Quarters
Praying
Mantis
monarch
milkweed bug
aphids
tiger swallowtail
ruby-throated
hummingbird
honey bee
black carpenter ant
American goldfinch
Eastern mole
white-footed mouse
goldenrod spider
green lacewing
Carolina chickadee
cicada killer
yellow and black argiope
Silver maple
Queen Anne’s lace
black-eyed Susans
pokeweed
common ragweed
bushy asters
lamb’s quarters
Eastern yellow jacket
American dog tick
clouded sulphur
pipeline swallowtail
organ-pipe mud dauber
praying mantis