TAXA TUESDAY 🌿 w/ the Florida Native Plant Society! Meet the Aquatic Milkweed! Aquatic Milkweed aka White Swamp Milkweed Asclepias perennis Family: Apocynaceae One of the most unique of our 21 native milkweed species, Aquatic Milkweed, Asclepias perennis, occurs in swamps, floodplains, and bottomland hardwood forests across North and Central Florida. While most of our native milkweeds are adapted to dry sandhill habitats, Aquatic Milkweed grows in seasonally flooded areas. Because it is adapted
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TAXA TUESDAY 🌿 w/ the Florida Native Plant Society! Meet the Aquatic Milkweed! Aquatic Milkweed aka White Swamp Milkweed Asclepias perennis Family: Apocynaceae One of the most unique of our 21 native milkweed species, Aquatic Milkweed, Asclepias perennis, occurs in swamps, floodplains, and bottomland hardwood forests across North and Central Florida. While most of our native milkweeds are adapted to dry sandhill habitats, Aquatic Milkweed grows in seasonally flooded areas. Because it is adapted
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