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Forage Extension Program
Cover and Food Plants for Upland Game Birds
Habitat Management Suggestions
for Selected Wildlife Species
By R.J. Mackie, R.F. Batchelor, M.E. Majerus, J.P. Weigand,
and V.P. Sundberg
Nesting and Survival Cover
| Nesting and Survival Cover |
Seeding
Rates |
| |
Pounds
of Pure Live Seed Per Acre |
| |
Irrigated, Wetland
or Nonirrigated with more than 18" annually |
Non-irrigated less
than 18" annual precipitation |
| Recommended Species* |
|
|
| Grasses** |
|
|
| Tall wheatgrass |
13 |
10 |
| Intermediate wheatgrass |
9 |
7 |
| Crested wheatgrass |
|
5 |
| Smooth bromegrass |
7 |
5 |
| Basin wildrye |
8 |
6 |
| Russian wildrye |
7 |
6 |
| |
|
|
| Legumes |
|
|
| Alfalfa |
6 |
5 |
| Clover, alsike |
4 |
|
| Clover, ladino |
3 |
|
| Clover, shweet |
6 |
4 |
| |
|
|
| Shrubs |
|
|
| (Refer to table titled
"Shrubs and trees that provide cover and/or
food for upland game, songbirds, and other wildlife") |
* Alfalfa in combination with tall wheatgrass is especially
recommended for use as a pheasan nesting cover on roadsides
and in other situations in Montana. A seeing rate of
2 to 3 pounds of alfalfa and about 10 pounds of tall
wheatgrass is recommended. This rate should be doubled
if see is broadcast rather than drilled.
** Tall wheatgrass has strong stems which are more
lodge resistant under heavy snows than intermediate
or crested wheatgrasses or smooth bromegrass. These
shorter species can be substituted for tall wheatgrass
where tall grasses might cause snow accumulation on
road surfaces.
Foods - seeds and green forage
| Foods |
Seeding
Rates |
| |
Pounds
of Pure Live Seed Per Acre |
| |
Dryland |
Irrigated |
| Recommended species |
|
|
| Grains and Grasses |
|
|
| Barley |
40-60 |
50-80 |
| Oats |
40-60 |
50-80 |
| Wheat |
40-60 |
50-80 |
| Foxtail millet |
|
15-20 |
| Proso millet |
|
15-20 |
| Japaneses millet |
|
15-20 |
| Corn |
|
10-15 |
| Indian ricegrass |
10 |
|
| |
|
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| Forbs |
|
|
| Alfalfa |
5 |
6 |
| Clover, alsike |
|
4 |
| Clover, ladino |
|
3 |
| Clover, sweet |
|
6 |
| Sunflower |
4 |
4 |
| |
|
|
| Shrubs |
|
|
| (Refer to table titled
"Shrubs and trees that provide cover and/or
food for upland game, songbirds, and other wildlife") |
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