Description
| GRASSES | 50% (13.182 PLS/ft2) |
| Blue Grama, Bad River | Prairie Junegrass |
| Canada Wildrye | Sand Bluestem, Champ |
| Green Needlegrass | Sand Lovegrass |
| Indiangrass, NEB 54 | Sideoats Grama, Butte |
| Little Bluestem, Camper | Western Wheatgrass, Barton |
| WILDFLOWERS | 50% (13.224 PLS/ft2) |
| Alfalfa, Grazer | Leadplant |
| Arkansas Rose | Maximillian Sunflower |
| Baldwin’s Ironweed | Partridge Pea |
| Blanketflower (Indian Blanket) | Purple Prairieclover |
| Canada Goldenrod | Red Clover |
| Canada Milkvetch | Rocky Mountain Bee Plant |
| Common Evening Primrose | Roundhead Lespedeza |
| Common Milkweed | Sensitive Briar |
| Cudweed Sagewort | Shell-leaf Penstemon |
| False or Oxeye Sunflower | Stiff Goldenrod |
| Four-Point Evening Primrose | Stiff Sunflower |
| Fringed Sagewort | Upright Coneflower |
| Heath Aster | Western Yarrow |
| Hoary Vervain | White Prairieclover |
| Illinois Bundleflower | Wild Bergamot |
| TOTAL: 26.405 PLS/ft2 |
Wildlife Cover Requirements
Cover is critical because pheasants and quail depend on a variety of cover types (nesting, brood-rearing, winter) for population growth and survival. Ideally, a mix of warm-season bunchgrasses (e.g., big bluestem, little bluestem), forbs (broadleaf plants), and legumes (clover, alfalfa) provide nesting and brood-rearing cover. Landowners seeking to maintain or increase pheasant and quail populations should ensure that all of the essential habitat needs (food, cover, water, space) are available and easily-accessible in close proximity. Throughout the pheasant range, nesting cover is the single most important limiting factor for populations. Thankfully, it remains one of the few factors we can directly impact through habitat management and improvements. To learn more, visit the Habitat Essentials page.
The Habitat Organization
Pheasants Forever’s mission is to conserve pheasants, quail, and other wildlife through habitat improvements, public access, education, and conservation advocacy.
