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Oliver Hernandez poses with a common milkweed plant in his front yard in 2020. A tiny, young monarch caterpillar and even tinier monarch eggs are visible on the underside of a leaf.

The common milkweed, with dull pink flowers crowded together in a somewhat rounded head, is the most familiar species. It grows in a variety of open habitats, not too wet nor too dry, ...

Unfortunately, common milkweed has been declining as well, said Amy Roskilly, conservation education and communications manager at the Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District.

Richland County residents are invited to help the declining monarch butterfly population by collecting milkweed seed pods now through Oct. 31.

Become familiar with common milkweed to avoid harvesting pods from similar plants such as hemp dogbane and swamp milkweed. Pods will appear slightly gray, begin to dry and have brown seeds inside.