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Asclepias viridiflora
This milkweed can be identified by its wavy leaves. This species is usually found alone. This plant was spotted in another section of the LBJ grasslands.
This was in section 71 of the LBJ Grasslands. It was a dry prairie area or mesa. The soil had ocean fossils showing. Parts of this area of Texas have Crustaceous era ocean bottom exposed.
Lyndon B. Johnson Grasslands is 20,313 acres located in north-central Texas. Before the federal government purchased them back in the late 1930s, the grasslands were mostly abandoned farms and ranches suffering from severe soil errosion from poor agricultural practices.
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