Date: 03/06/2004

Number: 1

Thursday, we found new plants of the native milkweed, *Asclepias viridis*, in Calhoun County on the mid-coast of Texas. Today, we traveled seventy-five miles inland to northwestern DeWitt County just northeast of Westhoff, to look for new plants of another native milkweed, *Asclepias asperula*. We found plants of asperula with stems up to eight and nine inches awaiting the first monarchs as they remigrate thru southcentral Texas. Many new sprouts were just breaking thru the sandy soil. It is very early in the growing season, but we did count as many as twenty stems in one square yard plot. We found none today, but will return in a week to check for monarch eggs. For IDing purposes: http://mcmc.homestead.com/mar0604.html

Westhoff, TX

Latitude: 29.1 Longitude: -97.4

Observed by: Harlen E.
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