Information about species of the milkweed family (Apocynaceae)
that grow without cultivation on Mount Desert Island

 compiled by the
Champlain Project - P. O. Box 400 - Southwest Harbor, ME 04679
info@vfthomas.com - 207-266-5748

(updated 30 July 2010)


Apocynaceae - milkweed family
[information to be added]

Mount Desert Island is home to 2 species in 2 genera that grow without cultivation. Click on a link below or scroll down for more information.
   Apocynum (1 species)
      Apocynum androsaemifolium - spreading dogbane (common [see note 1 at bottom of page])
   Asclepias (1 species)
      Asclepias syriaca - common milkweed (uncommon)





Apocynum (dogbane)
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Apocynum androsaemifolium (speading dogbane) - [information to be added]





Asclepias (milkweed)
[information to be added]

Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed) - [information to be added]
 

Common milkweed is a favored food of monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) larvae.


Note:
   1. Frequency designations are from the paper "Vascular flora of the Acadia National Park region, Maine" by Craig W. Greene, Linda L. Gregory, Glen H. Mittelhauser, Sally C. Rooney, and Jill E. Weber, published in the spring 2005 issue (vol. 107, No. 930) of Rhodora: Journal of the New England Botanical Club.