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Header photo:  Wild Bergamot and Coneflowers;  Susan Olcott/WVDNR
Links below were added and checked 10/5/2018.  Mountain State Monarch and Pollinator Partnership provides these for informative purpose and does not necessarily endorse them.

Scientific Literature

  • IPPS Combined Proceedings, Vol 64, 2014 - Propagating Native Milkweeds for Restoring Monarch Butterfly Habitat (PDF, 10 pages)  (Link)

Books

  • Milkweeds: A Conservation Practitioner's Guide: Plant Ecology, Seed Prodution Methods, and Habitat Restoration Opportunities  (PDF, 105 pages)  (Link)
  • The Butterflies of West Virginia and Their Caterpillars  (400 pages, ISBN-10: 0822956578 ISBN-13: 978-0822956570)  (Amazon Link)
  • USDA, NRCS Pollinator-Friendly Plants for the Northeast United States  (PDF, 61 pages)  (Link)
  • West Virginia Pollinator Handbook: A Field Office Technical Guide to Management of Pollinators and their Habitats  (PDF, 138 pages)  (Link)
  • Xerces - Attracting Native Pollinators: The Xerces Society Guide, Protecting North America's Bees and Butterflies  (384 pages, ISBN-10: 1603426957, ISBN-13: 978-1603426954)  (Amazon Link)

Brochures/Fact Sheets

  • Monarch Nectar Plants: Mid-Atlantic (Monarch Joint Venture, Xerces, Garden for Wildlife)  (PDF, 3 pages)  (Link)
  • US Forest Service - Attracting Pollinators to Your Garden Using Native Plants  (PDF, 16 pages)  (Link)
  • WV Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources - Butterfly Gardening in West Virginia  (Link)
  • Xerces: Farming for Pest Management  (PDF, 2 pages)  ​(Link)

HelpFul Websites/Links

  • Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center, Northeast Pollinator Plant List  (Link, with WV pre-selected)
  • Monarch Watch - Monarch Waystation Program  (Link)
  • Monarch Watch: Seed Collecting and Processing  (Link)
  • US Department of Transportation, Federal Highways Administration - Environmental Review Toolkit-Pollinators  (Link)
  • WV Department of Natural Resources - Butterfly Gardening  (Link)

Webinars

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Videos

Milkweed
  • Collecting and Harvesting Common Milkweed, Asclepias syriaca, Seeds  (Mona Miller, YouTube, 3:01 minutes)  (Link)
  • How to Plant Common Milkweed (Milkweed for Monarchs, YouTube, 2:45 minutes)  (Link)
  • Monarch Watch - Milkweed Seed Separator (Monarch Watch, YouTube, 2:44 minutes)  (Link)
    • Instructions - "Build Your Own Milkweed Seed and Floss Separator" (PDF, 9 pages)  (Link)
  • Plant portrait - Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) (Identify that Plant, YouTube, 10:21 minutes)  (Link)
  • Planting Milkweed, Part 1, Collecting Seeds (Rich Lund, YouTube, 9:06 minutes)  (Link)
  • Planting Milkweed, Part 2, Sprouting and Growth (Rich Lund, YouTube, 9:31 minutes)  (Link)
  • Planting Milkweed, Part 3, Ready to Transfer (Rich Lund, YouTube, 13:45 minutes)  (Link)
  • Planting Milkweed, Part 4, Banding Pods and Harvest (Rich Lund, YouTube 10:15 minutes)  (Link)
  • Removing Floss from Milkweed Seed  (Candy, Kasey Sarikonda, YouTube, 2:00 minutes)  (Link)
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  • Home
  • About Us
  • Monarch Butterfly Information
    • Monarch Natural History
    • Monarch Migration
    • Endangered
    • Conservation Efforts
    • Milkweeds and Nectar Resources
  • Resources
    • Monarchs
    • Pollinators
    • Habitat
    • Threats
  • 2018 Summit
    • Monarch Summit Agenda and Presentations
    • 2018 WV Summit Partners and People
    • 2018 Summit FAQS
  • News and Events
  • Contact US