In this month's installment of Field Notes, Scott Bowe of Kemp Station discusses Milkweed in Wisconsin. In the past few years, milkweed has taken root at Kemp Station. If I had to guess, we have more than a few acres of milkweed along our roads and in our open areas. Milkweed plants are an American genus, Asclepias L., a herbaceous perennial consisting of more than 140 different species, most of which are toxic. Wisconsin has 14 native milkweed species including the common milkweed (Asclepias

In this month's episode of Field Notes , Susan Knight of UW-Madison’s Trout Lake Station talks about that annoying summer problem, “Swimmer’s Itch” and how we can avoid it. Last September, I was on one of my favorite lakes collecting aquatic plants for plant identification workshops I present over the winter. Later than night, my hands started to itch, and I could see little welts all over my hands and arms. Swimmers Itch! I haven’t had this too often, and since only my hands and arms were