The Monarch: Saving Our Most-Loved Butterfly membership Plant Characteristics Family Name Pinaceae

Plant Characteristics Family Name Pinaceae Species Name Pinus coulteri Common Name Coulter Pine

Southwestern CA

Lush and leafy in spring and summer with large clover-like leaves that carpet the ground

this species is native to San Diego County

this cultivar is smaller and more compact with a shorter bloom during spring and not as hardy in heat and drought conditions

The Monarch: Saving Our Most-Loved Butterfly membership Plant Characteristics Family Name PinaceaeLearn the story of a magnificent butterfly, the perils it faces and what we can do to help. Every fall, spectacular orange and black clouds of monarch butterflies fill the skies as they migrate from across North America to Central Mexico. West Coast populations make a similar though much shorter trip to coastal California. The National Wildlife Federation calls the monarch migration one of the greatest natural phenomena in the insect world. Not long