A few habitat pics I thought you might enjoy

[Brian662]

Looks great, I made sure my CRP planting had partridge pea in it because of your advice from this thread and deer preference. Yours is looking beautiful. Do you notice the browse on the plant itself or the flowers generally?

 

[Native Hunter]

Looks great, I made sure my CRP planting had partridge pea in it because of your advice from this thread and deer preference. Yours is looking beautiful. Do you notice the browse on the plant itself or the flowers generally?

I see them browse it, and I think it mostly is on the leaves of the plant. However, I'm usually watching from a distance with field glasses, so they may be eating the flowers as well. They like feeding in the lanes. New growth starts coming up when the sunlight hits the ground, and they seem to like to browse the old growth on the edges. I guess the mowing makes it easier for them to see what they want.

 

[Bowsnbucks]

You need to plant something on that barren wasteland, Native ....................

Deer browse partridge pea? Is it a good draw? Fields look great, as usual.

 

[Hoytvectrix]

I see them browse it, and I think it mostly is on the leaves of the plant. However, I'm usually watching from a distance with field glasses, so they may be eating the flowers as well. They like feeding in the lanes. New growth starts coming up when the sunlight hits the ground, and they seem to like to browse the old growth on the edges. I guess the mowing makes it easier for them to see what they want.

Do you change up the areas that you mow? If not, have you noticed more cool season grasses working their way into those lanes?

 

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[Native Hunter]

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[Native Hunter]

Do you change up the areas that you mow? If not, have you noticed more cool season grasses working their way into those lanes?

Some of them never change, and I haven't noticed any more cool season grasses in those spots. I think those big NWSG stools take up so much space that the cool season grasses can't take advantage of the new opening. I do get tender new grass growth from the stools as well as a few native forbs - both of which the deer browse deep into November.

 

[Native Hunter]

You need to plant something on that barren wasteland, Native ....................

Deer browse partridge pea? Is it a good draw? Fields look great, as usual.

Yes, they browse it, and it is moderate preference browse. They like the sticktight (ticktrefoil) better. It is highly preferred. I should be seeing those violet blooms soon.

 

[Bowsnbucks]

Yes, they browse it, and it is moderate preference browse. They like the sticktight (ticktrefoil) better. It is highly preferred. I should be seeing those violet blooms soon.

I've seen articles calling coreopsis "ticktrefoil". All of those native coreopsis plants are yellow flowering types. What's the plant you have with violet blooms? Maybe the folks that gave the 2nd name "ticktrefoil" to coreopsis were off-base. Curious what you have there, since it's a better deer draw than P. pea.

 

[omicron1792]

I've seen articles calling coreopsis "ticktrefoil". All of those native coreopsis plants are yellow flowering types. What's the plant you have with violet blooms? Maybe the folks that gave the 2nd name "ticktrefoil" to coreopsis were off-base. Curious what you have there, since it's a better deer draw than P. pea.

Don’t be fooled. Partridge pea is a fantastic deer food.

You don’t want every plant to be ice cream for them because they will browse it down and it won’t come back. If I could pick only one native forb to keep it would be partridge pea.

 

[Native Hunter]

I've seen articles calling coreopsis "ticktrefoil". All of those native coreopsis plants are yellow flowering types. What's the plant you have with violet blooms? Maybe the folks that gave the 2nd name "ticktrefoil" to coreopsis were off-base. Curious what you have there, since it's a better deer draw than P. pea.

Bows, look at Post #55 in the following thread. You will see the Smooth Tiktrefoil in bloom that I'm talking about. Also, here is one of the pics in that post.

Thread 'Take a walk with me through the prairie'

Jun 21, 2020

First of all, this is not a property tour thread. It about plants that grow in a prairie. Most of you are aware that I manage roughly 60 acres of NWSGs and forbs on my farm. I'm going to start a thread using some old pictures, pictures I took this spring, and some pictures I plan to take through this year to show some of the various plants (both good and bad) that grow there.

I will add new pictures and verbiage every few days off and on as time allows. Feel free to interject your own thoughts as well.

The focus of this thread will be:

• The pictures and identifying features of...

• Native Hunter
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• Forum: Native Habitat

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[SwampCat]

Bows, look at Post #55 in the following thread. You will see the Smooth Tiktrefoil in bloom that I'm talking about. Also, here is one of the pics in that post.

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Thread 'Take a walk with me through the prairie'

Jun 21, 2020

First of all, this is not a property tour thread. It about plants that grow in a prairie. Most of you are aware that I manage roughly 60 acres of NWSGs and forbs on my farm. I'm going to start a thread using some old pictures, pictures I took this spring, and some pictures I plan to take through this year to show some of the various plants (both good and bad) that grow there.

I will add new pictures and verbiage every few days off and on as time allows. Feel free to interject your own thoughts as well.

The focus of this thread will be:

• The pictures and identifying features of...

• Native Hunter
• Replies: 216
• Forum: Native Habitat

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I have an Australian Shepherd that loves the “Beggars Lice” as we call them. His wooly fur is like a magnet for them. He comes inside and eats them off his fur. He eats them off his pants leg. To be honest, I kind of like to eat the green seeds pressed out of the exterior covering. They have a raw pea taste to me.

 

[Native Hunter]

I have an Australian Shepherd that loves the “Beggars Lice” as we call them. His wooly fur is like a magnet for them. He comes inside and eats them off his fur. He eats them off his pants leg. To be honest, I kind of like to eat the green seeds pressed out of the exterior covering. They have a raw pea taste to me.

Yes indeed. I eat them too. They are just primitive soybeans.

 

[Bowsnbucks]

Bows, look at Post #55 in the following thread. You will see the Smooth Tiktrefoil in bloom that I'm talking about. Also, here is one of the pics in that post.

View attachment 81774

Thread 'Take a walk with me through the prairie'

Jun 21, 2020

First of all, this is not a property tour thread. It about plants that grow in a prairie. Most of you are aware that I manage roughly 60 acres of NWSGs and forbs on my farm. I'm going to start a thread using some old pictures, pictures I took this spring, and some pictures I plan to take through this year to show some of the various plants (both good and bad) that grow there.

I will add new pictures and verbiage every few days off and on as time allows. Feel free to interject your own thoughts as well.

The focus of this thread will be:

• The pictures and identifying features of...

• Native Hunter
• Replies: 216
• Forum: Native Habitat

• 

I found that thread and the specific post with all the pics. I was off-base with my earlier post where I mentioned that coreopsis was called "tick-trefoil. Coreopsis is also called "tickseed" --- not tick-trefoil. My bad!

Looking at all your pics, it's no wonder why you have monster deer there. Lots of good forage. Thanks for the heads-up on the thread "Take a Walk With Me Through the Prairie." Good stuff.