Asclepias viridiflora (Short Green Milkweed) Pollinator Party Ostrya virginiana (Ironwood) is a

Ostrya virginiana (Ironwood) is a native understory tree typically found on dry rocky slopes of our oak woodlands

It is very drought tolerant once established but may be consumed by rabbits and rodents particularly overwinters with tight food resources

but can take over a large space over time

Short Green Milkweed reaches about one foot high and features greenish nodding clusters of green flowers that often become more yellow as they age

Asclepias viridiflora (Short Green Milkweed) Pollinator Party Ostrya virginiana (Ironwood) is aMonarch Butterflies are fully and exclusively dependent upon milkweeds for laying eggs and for larva food source and they can nectar. These plants were once so plentiful they were literally called weeds because they were problematic in agricultural fields. However, that's no longer the case with regular Glyphosate treatments to agricultural fields wiping out all "weeds". With fragmentation, global climate change, pollution, and other threats this is a