Milkweed plants produce seeds that are enclosed in seed pods. These pods open in the fall and release seeds with silky hairs allowing them to be carried away by the wind. You can often find two types of milkweed bugs, thelarge milkweed bugs (Oncopeltus fasciatus)and small milkweed bugs,...
Milkweed is a plant with simple leaves and a distinctive milky sap. Though it's seen as a pest in some areas because of the way it...
Checking at home, I found first that the seeds of some British “Sycamores” have a toxin called hypoglycin A which can kill horses. When I checked further, I discovered they are not the same trees, though. Their “Sycamores” are a type of maple with typical maple keys (or “helicop...
of pollen-filled seed pods on the ground every Spring, and if I stay out more than ten minutes, I will get red itchy eyes. I practically live on eye drops during April and May. The only other plant that would trigger such a reaction was milkweed, and it doesn't grow in this area...
Similarly, golden yellow leaves of native common milkweed, swamp milkweed, and Indian hemp can be seen in old fields and wet meadows. Common milkweed pods are bursting and releasing hundreds of seeds to the wind, each equipped with fluffy “parachutes” to aid dispersal. This is bur season...
of pollen-filled seed pods on the ground every Spring, and if I stay out more than ten minutes, I will get red itchy eyes. I practically live on eye drops during April and May. The only other plant that would trigger such a reaction was milkweed, and it doesn't grow in this area...
of pollen-filled seed pods on the ground every Spring, and if I stay out more than ten minutes, I will get red itchy eyes. I practically live on eye drops during April and May. The only other plant that would trigger such a reaction was milkweed, and it doesn't grow in this area...