{"id":845,"date":"2016-05-31T14:52:33","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T14:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/crop-and-soil-dev-site\/2016\/05\/31\/campus-monarchs\/"},"modified":"2017-02-15T07:21:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T12:21:00","slug":"campus-monarchs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/crop-and-soil-sciences\/news\/campus-monarchs\/","title":{"rendered":"Campus monarchs"},"content":{"rendered":"

The mysterious migration of the eastern monarch butterfly\u00a0takes three generations to complete, from Mexico up the east coast and back again.<\/span><\/p>\n

Along the way, their larvae need to fuel up on milkweed –\u00a0a plant whose population is shrinking\u00a0as development creeps outward.<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s where Dennis Werner and Melissa Tinling come in.<\/span><\/p>\n

Professor Emeritus Werner and graduate student Tinling – both in the Department of Horticultural Science – are building a network of pollinator gardens on campus to support the butterflies on their pilgrimage.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the world\u2019s wonders is all these delicate butterflies from across the east and midwest, all gathering in this one 12-acre site in Mexico,\u201d Werner said. “It’s crucial that they have milkweed along this route.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Monarch larvae feed exclusively on milkweed in the genus Asclepias, Werner said, so those will be a mainstay of the campus gardens. The first site is on Centennial Campus, down the street from Hunt Library. Werner calls it a \u201chere, there and everywhere\u201d garden: 25 species of low-maintenance perennial plants that will provide blossoms nearly year-round – a \u201csymphony of color, texture and form.\u201d That garden has already been planted as a partnership with Grounds Management, partially staffed by students from the undergraduate horticulture club and Pi Alpha Xi, the horticulture honors society.<\/span><\/p>\n

A sister site is in the early planning\u00a0stages\u00a0by Melissa Tinling, a first-year master’s student in horticulture. Tinling and Werner hatched their ideas separately, but they have joined forces –\u00a0he\u2019s helping her finalize the grant application and serving on her approval committee.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to helping pollinators, the gardens increase biodiversity and provide an educational opportunity, Tinling said. She envisions campuswide events connected to the gardens, and an interactive website.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a great thing for NC State to publicly commit to,\u201d Tinling said. “It’s very important, considering the plight of pollinators in our country.”<\/p>\n

– C. Kellner<\/em><\/p>\n

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