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Forage Extension Program
Cover and Food Plants for Waterfowl
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 Cover
| Uplands
with more than 10" annual precipitation |
| Recommended Seeding Mix: |
Seeding
Rates - Pound per Live Seed per Acre |
| Tall wheatgrass |
10 |
| Ladak alfalfa |
2 |
| Sweet clover
(yellow blossom) |
2 |
| Uplands with 10"
or less annual precipitation |
| Recommended Seeding Mix: |
Seeding
Rates - Pound per Live Seed per Acre |
| Crested
wheatgrass |
6 |
| Sweet clover
(yellow blossom) |
2 |
| Wetlands and Subirrigated
Areas |
| Recommended Seeding Mix: |
Seeding
Rates - Pound per Live Seed per Acre |
| Garrison
creeping foxtail |
2 |
| Cicer milkvetch |
5 |
Foods - seeds and green forage
| Foods |
Seeding
Rates |
| |
Pounds
of Pure Live Seed Per Acre |
| |
Dryland |
Irrigated |
| Recommended species |
|
|
| Grains |
|
|
| Barley, Oats, Wheat |
40-60 |
50-80 |
| Foxtail millet, Proso millet, Japanese
millet |
|
15-20 |
| |
|
|
| Forbs |
|
|
| Alfalfa |
5 |
6 |
| Clover, alsike |
|
4 |
| Smartweed |
|
10 |
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