Description
| GRASSES | 57% (16.236 PLS/ft2) |
| Blue Grama, Bad River | Sideoats Grama, Butte |
| Canada Wildrye | Slender Wheatgrass |
| Green Needlegrass | Switchgrass, NE28 |
| Indiangrass, Holt | Thickspike Wheatgrass |
| Little Bluestem, Camper | |
| WILDFLOWERS | 43% (12.254 PLS/ft2) |
| Alfalfa, VNS | Maximillian Sunflower |
| Annual Sunflower | Mexican Hat |
| Blackeyed Susan | Plains Coreopsis |
| Blanketflower (Indian Blanket) | Purple Prairieclover |
| Canada Goldenrod | Shell-leaf Penstemon |
| Canada Milkvetch | Showy Milkweed |
| Common Evening Primrose | Small Burnet |
| Cudweed Sagewort | Stiff Goldenrod |
| Fringed Sagewort | Upright Coneflower |
| Gray Goldenrod | Western Yarrow |
| Hoary Vervain | Wild Bergamot |
| Ladino or White Clover | |
| TOTAL: 28.490 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.
