Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-briefs and Eco-sweeps
MWC Eco-brief: Monarch Butterfly Nectar Plants
Monarch butterflies require milkweed (Asclepias spp.) as a larval food source. Just as important are nectar food plants to power adult monarch migrations north and south. Tropical milkweed sold at...
MWC Eco-brief: Monarch Butterfly Nectar Plants
Monarch butterflies require milkweed (Asclepias spp.) as a larval food source. Just as important are nectar food plants to power adult monarch migrations north and south. Tropical milkweed sold at...
MWC Eco-brief: Pellsville Cemetery Prairie Spri...
Take a virtual walk through the Pellsville Cemetery Prairie for a Memorial Day view of native spring wildflowers. The cemetery, established in 1872, is a beautiful time capsule of native...
MWC Eco-brief: Pellsville Cemetery Prairie Spri...
Take a virtual walk through the Pellsville Cemetery Prairie for a Memorial Day view of native spring wildflowers. The cemetery, established in 1872, is a beautiful time capsule of native...
MWC Eco-brief: Raptor Perches in Prairie
On the tallgrass prairie, prior to European settlement, large swaths of the landscape were free from shrubs or trees. Prairie songbirds often perched on towering prairie flowers, such as compassplant,...
MWC Eco-brief: Raptor Perches in Prairie
On the tallgrass prairie, prior to European settlement, large swaths of the landscape were free from shrubs or trees. Prairie songbirds often perched on towering prairie flowers, such as compassplant,...
MWC Eco-brief: Spring Flowering Wild Columbine ...
Wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) is an early blooming native plant of wooded areas, savannas, and exposed bedrock and cliffs in the Midwest. As a spring blooming species, it is often...
MWC Eco-brief: Spring Flowering Wild Columbine ...
Wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) is an early blooming native plant of wooded areas, savannas, and exposed bedrock and cliffs in the Midwest. As a spring blooming species, it is often...
MWC Eco-briefs: Hummingbird Paradise!
Ruby-throated hummingbirds frolicking in a bed of native cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) in the Horseshoe Bend Unit of the USFWS Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge in Louisa County, Iowa, USA....
MWC Eco-briefs: Hummingbird Paradise!
Ruby-throated hummingbirds frolicking in a bed of native cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) in the Horseshoe Bend Unit of the USFWS Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge in Louisa County, Iowa, USA....
MWC Eco-brief: Spring Ephemeral Flowers
Spring ephemeral flowers, such as bloodroot, quickly emerge and bloom in the spring before tree leaves open and shade the ground. (Sanguinaria canadensis). Native plant Garden, Illinois, USA. Snow...
MWC Eco-brief: Spring Ephemeral Flowers
Spring ephemeral flowers, such as bloodroot, quickly emerge and bloom in the spring before tree leaves open and shade the ground. (Sanguinaria canadensis). Native plant Garden, Illinois, USA. Snow...