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.

common

swamp

There are over 100 different types of milkweed. Here are four that can grow in Colts Neck.

common

swamp

tropical

There are over 100 different types of milkweed. Here are four that can grow in Colts Neck.

common

swamp

white swamp

tropical

There are over 100 different types of milkweed. Here are four that can grow in Colts Neck.

common

swamp

butterfly weed

white swamp

tropical

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