Ep. 374 - A Milkweed on the Brink

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Natural Sciences, Ecology, Nature, Plants, Botany, Science

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🗓️ 19 June 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

As far as milkweeds are concerned, Mead's milkweed (Asclepias meadii) doesn't grab a lot of headlines. That is a shame because it is a milkweed in desperate need of conservation attention. Its preferred habitat is unplowed, remnant prairies and those are growing increasingly rare as well. However, my guest on this episode has made great strides with her colleagues in our understanding of Mead's milkweed conservation needs. Join me and Dr. Christy Edwards as we explore the in's and out's of Mead's milkweed conservation. This episode was produced in part by Jocelyn, Gary, Krysta, Elizabeth, Southern California Carnivorous Plant Enthusiasts, Pattypollinators, Peter, Judson, Ella, Alex, Dan, Pamela, Peter, Andrea, Nathan, Karyn, Michelle, Jillian, Chellie, Linda, Laura, Miz Holly, Christie, Carlos, Paleo Fern, Levi, Sylvia, Lanny, Ben, Lily, Craig, Sarah, Lor, Monika, Brandon, Jeremy, Suzanne, Kristina, Christine, Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the Indefensive Plants podcast, the official podcast of
0:04.1	Indefensiveplants.com. What's up? This is your host, Matt. Welcome to the show. How is everyone
0:08.3	doing this week? I'm doing great because we're talking about a wonderful little milkweed
0:13.3	that desperately needs some conservation attention, and that is why my guest is here today.
0:17.4	We are talking about Meads Milkweed with Dr. Christine Edwards of the Missouri Botanical
0:22.6	Garden. Mead's milkweed is growing increasingly rare on the landscape. It loves pristine remnant
0:28.4	prairies. And as you've heard in previous episodes, those are harder and harder to come by
0:32.4	these days. But thanks to people like Dr. Edwards, we have a better idea of what is needed to conserve the species to keep it on the landscape for generations to come.
0:41.5	I don't want to spoil any of her thunder, so let's just jump right into it.
0:44.4	Without further ado, here's my conversation with Dr. Christine Edwards.
0:47.8	I hope you today.
1:07.9	But first, let's start off with an introduction. Tell everyone a little bit about who you are and what it is you do. Hi, I'm Christy Edwards. I am the Stephen and Camilla
1:16.9	Brower Conservation Geneticist at the Missouri Botanical Garden. And yeah, and I run the conservation
1:23.2	genetics program here. Excellent. I am a huge fan of the work that you do. And I'm, again, the topic we're talking about today is near and dear to my heart. But where did this all begin for you? I mean, were you interested in nature as a kid? Were you more the molecular side, like genetics and really wanted to just find a system to fit that into? How did it all kind of unfold for you? So I definitely came to this field as more of a nature
1:47.0	lover. Um, you know, and so for example, so my mom had a green thumb when I was growing up. And so she would,
1:54.6	she was actually when I was a kid, she was taking like a landscape architecture course. And so one of
2:00.2	the things that got me really interested in plant diversity when I was a kid
2:03.6	was I went to on this field trip.
2:05.7	Like so she was going these field trips with her.
2:09.2	And it was like a plant ID field trips.
2:11.3	Oh, wow.
2:11.5	Like a plant ID course.
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