Wildlife Habitat Lab 1 PLants

Whitehall - Deans Pond Clearcut (wildlife value needed)

Dogfennel

Eupatorium capillifolium

• is a perennial plant

• often found in disturbed areas

• all, slender stems and feathery leaves

• little to no value for wildlife

• good pollinators tho

Sericea lespedeza

Lespedeza cuneata

• tall, shrubby, legume

• spreads aggressively

• provides summer cover and some food for deer, rabbits, quails…

• low nutrition value

Broomsedge

Andropogon virginicus

• common in old fields and open habitats

• valuable nesting and escape covers for birds (esp quail)

• can provide seeds

• generally low nutrition value

Beggarweed

Desmodium incanum

• low growing perennial

• small pink/purple flowers and sticky seed pods

• good seeds for wildlife, good low growing foraging plant

• contributes to habitat diversity and insects

Trailing lespedeza

Lespedeza procumbens

• low growing, trailing stems, small flowers

• good wildlife forage, seed producer

• deer, rabbit, turkey, quail

• provides some shelter

Passion flower

Passiflora incarnata

• distinctive purple flowers, vine, trifoliate leaves

• flowers provide nectar

• fruits eaten

• nutritious

Low Panic Grass

Dichanthelium linearifolium

• small perennial grass, open dry areas

• seeds for birds and small mammals

• provides low growing cover

Boneset

Eupatorium perfoliatum

• perennial wildflower, small clusters of white flowers, moist habitats

• very good pollinator resource

• attracts bees, butterflies, betters

• seeds edible

Wingstem

Verbesina alternifolia

• native perennial. yellow flowers, growing along woodland edges

• late season nectar source

• provides seeds

• tall growth provides structural diversity and cover

Vaseygrass

Paspalum urvillei

• tall perennial, commonly found in disturbed/moist areas

• dense cover for small animals

• generally considered low wildlife value

• coarse, disrupts other natives, grows densely

Rabbit Tobacco

Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium

Common mullein

Verbascum thapsus

Foxtail Grass

Setaria pumila

Crabgrass

Digitaria spp.

Lovegrass

Eragrostis spectabilis

Grease Grass

Tridens flavus

Dallisgrass

Paspalum dilatatum

Sneezeweed

Helenium amarum

Autumn Olive

Elaeagnus umbellata

Sensitive briar

Mimosa nuttalli