Date: 03/24/2002

Number: 1

On safari today, we finally found leaves of second of the native milkweeds we would expect to find in Calhoun County (Texas mid coast), Asclepias oenotheroides (Hierba de Zizotes). We found more the last week of December than we could today. Difficult to see even at the edge of the pavement, plants are small, four to eight leaves. Found some stunted, withered A. viridis that is trying to bloom. Milo/sourghum needs to be planted but too dry, about 10% of the corn needs to be replanted, March freezes and dry conditions, the same conditions that have contributed to the low number and the tardiness of these two native milkweeds. We left at noon into a 20-25 mph south-southeast wind and returned at three with a 25-30 mph tail wind. http://aslepias.homestead.com

Port Lavaca, TX

Latitude: 28.5 Longitude: -96.7

Observed by: Harlen E.
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