Observations by kueda

Happy to be able to find this population and I'm not sure how I missed it the last time I looked. The area was being actively grazed by cattle, and they seemed to have nibbled a few stems but mostly left these milkweeds alone. One plant was directly in a decent cow path and had clearly been stepped over. This hillside was almost entirely invaded otherwise, except for some needle grass. As always this got me thinking about whether this is a population in equilibrium or in flux.