Pheasants Forever Nebraska

Tallgrass: Brood-rearing Cover

$120.00 per acre

Brood-rearing cover provides habitat for pheasant and quail chicks to safely forage for insects at ground-level. This mix, designed for the tallgrass prairie region, features shorter grasses that allow the 35 forb and legume species to stand out. Broadleaf plants make up 67% of the total seeding rate. Research shows that diverse and improved habitat offer a good combination of insect-availability and mobility for pheasant and quail broods (Doxon and Carroll 2010).

*Please note that the species composition and price are subject to change depending on availability. Species substitutions may be needed at time of order. Seed mix updated 04/07/2023.

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Description

GRASSES 33% (9.945 PLS/ft2)
Blue Grama, Bad River Prairie Junegrass
Little Bluestem, Aldous Sideoats Grama, Butte
WILDFLOWERS 67% (19.750 PLS/ft2)
Alfalfa, VNS Illinois Bundleflower
Alsike Clover New England Aster
Aromatic Aster Ohio Spiderwort
Baldwin’s Ironweed Partridge Pea
Blackeyed Susan Pitcher or Blue Sage
Butterfly Milkweed Prairie Aster
Canada Milkvetch Purple Coneflower
Canada Tick-trefoil Purple Prairieclover
Clasping Coneflower Rough Gayfeather
Common Evening Primrose Roundhead Lespedeza
Common Milkweed Shell-leaf Penstemon
Crimson Clover Showy-wand Goldenrod
Cudweed Sagewort or Prairie Sage Stiff Goldenrod
Foxglove Beardstongue Thickspike Gayfeather
Golden Alexander Upright Coneflower
Grayhead Coneflower Western Yarrow
Heath Aster White Prairieclover
Hoary Vervain
TOTAL: 29.695 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. To improve brood-rearing habitat, use management strategies that disturb the soil, increase vegetative diversity, and set back plant succession.

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