RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Restoring Midwestern <em>Viola</em> species for regal fritillary butterfly recovery
JF Native Plants Journal
JO NATIVE PLANTS JOURNAL
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 129
OP 133
DO 10.3368/npj.15.2.129
VO 15
IS 2
A1 Nyberg, Alyssa
A1 Haley, Hilary
YR 2014
UL http://npj.uwpress.org/content/15/2/129.abstract
AB Several Viola species found in tallgrass prairies of the Midwestern US are larval host plants to regal fritillary butterflies. Working from The Nature Conservancy preserves in Missouri and Indiana, we describe 2 methods of obtaining Viola seeds while producing plants for outplanting and for on-site seed increase production plots for upland and wetland Viola species that occur in the Midwestern US. We incorporate these important species into tallgrass prairie restoration projects that ultimately benefit regal fritillary butterflies.