### plant | tracheophyte | herb:

Medic
* are annual species of Medicago which are closely related to alfalfa
* are located in battlefields
  - war zones
* have quality potential similar to alfalfa which is influenced by the stage of maturity.
+ America's Army, Game content, Weaponry and equipment: Shooter video games :: 2002 video games
  * Some players from each team may be 'medics'. Medics can help their teammates get better after they get shot. Being a medic is an extra ability which is added to the class. The Honor points are used to decide which players gets which class. Players with more Honor usually get to pick their class first.

### plant | tracheophyte | herb | medic:

Black medic
* has small, compact, yellow flowers that form in leaf axils.
* is found throughout the continental United States
  - more active on soils low in nitrogen fertility

### plant | tracheophyte | herb | milfoil:

Eurasian milfoil
* is kin to our native Northern milfoil.
* obstructs flood control methods, water conservation, drainage and irrigation works.
* stems and closeup of a single leaf.

### plant | tracheophyte | herb:

Milkweed
* All milkweeds are perennials and some can be grown from cuttings.
* Most milkweeds are distinguished from milkweeds
  - attract butterflies
* Most milkweeds contain chemicals
  - substances
  - toxic chemicals
* Most milkweeds have effects
  - leaves
  - negative effects
  - roots
* Some milkweeds contain chemical compounds
  - poison
  - steroids
* Some milkweeds grow in agricultural areas
  - gardens
  - wood
* Some milkweeds have protection
  - whorls
* Some milkweeds provide abundant food
* Some milkweeds retain characteristics
  - distinctive characteristics
* addresses the themes of survival, caring for others, and existence itself.
* also contains toxins that can help protect a caterpillar
  - draws hummingbirds and hummingbird clearwing moths to the garden for nectar
  - produce large clusters of flowers
* are also important as a source of nectar to many pollinators
  - noteworthy for their ornately complex pollination machinery
  - herbaceous plants
  - herbs
* cardenolides and their comparative processing by monarch butterflies.
* contains a milky juice that birds find extremely distasteful.
* display symptoms.
* exudes a thick white sap from any cut or broken surface.
* good place to look for monarch caterpillars.
* grows in pastures , near roadsides, and on the banks of lakes and streams
  - thickets, roadsides, meadows, fields, and even in vacant urban lots
* has a tough life for a poisonous plant
  - many large leaves, and it tends to grow in clumps
  - pollenlike seeds that act as good insulation
* includes cell membranes
  - cells
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - nuclei
  - plasma membranes
  - sections
  - vacuoles
  - vegetables
* is an essential feature of quality monarch habitat
  - important food for monarch butterflies and it provides nectar for bees
  - common in fields, meadows, and along roadsides
* is the exclusive diet of monarch larvae
  - host plant for most of the monarchs life cycle
  - only plant that they can lay their eggs on
  - primary food for the larva or caterpillar stage of the monarch butterfly
  - sole plant food of the monarch larva and is found in abundance in the park
* is used for kidney and gallstone problems
  - to help pass gallstones
* live throughout the country and look different in different areas.
* milk thistle
* perennial that often bears blossoms and fruit at the same time.
* prefers full sun with light fertilizer for fastest growth.
* stems and grapevine bark are examples
  - are collected after the stalks senesce in late fall-early winter
* supply tough fibers for making cords and ropes, and for weaving a coarse cloth.
* survives winter but monarchs return to the tropics.
* very common garden plant as well as a common weed
  - type of plant, but identifying it is the tricky part