Pheasants Forever Nebraska

Mixedgrass: Nesting Cover

$110.00 per acre

Nesting cover consists of open habitats with dense, herbaceous vegetation (grasses, legumes, and forbs) providing residual cover (last year’s growth) and ground litter. This nesting cover mix, designed for the mixedgrass prairie region, features warm and cool-season grasses, in addition to 30 forb and legume species. Hens select nest sites with vegetative and structural diversity (i.e., greater forb cover and vertical density). Nesting cover must be at least 8 to 12 inches tall to provide concealment from predators and remain undisturbed during the nesting season.

*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 50% (12.860 PLS/ft2)
Big Bluestem, Kaw Little Bluestem, Cimarron
Blue Grama, Bad River Prairie Junegrass
Canada Wildrye Sideoats Grama, Butte
Green Needlegrass Western Wheatgrass, Barton
Indiangrass, NEB 54
WILDFLOWERS 50% (12.841 PLS/ft2)
Alfalfa, VNS Lemon Mint
Annual Sunflower Maximillian Sunflower
Baldwin’s Ironweed Partridge Pea
Blackeyed Susan Purple Coneflower
Blanketflower (Indian Blanket) Purple Prairieclover
Canada Milkvetch Red Clover
Common Evening Primrose Rocky Mountain Bee Plant
Common Milkweed Roundhead Lespedeza
Cudweed Sagewort Shell-leaf Penstemon
Dotted Gayfeather Stiff Goldenrod
Engelmann’s Daisy Stiff Sunflower
False Sunflower Upright Coneflower
Heath Aster Western Yarrow
Hoary Vervain White Prairieclover
Illinois Bundleflower Wild Bergamot
TOTAL: 25.701 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.

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