Typical cover along dry drainage courses in the desert type of southwestern Utah. Gambel's quail find fairly suitable 

 habitat in such cactus-yueca-greasewood stands. (Photo by Utah Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit) 



on the Andrews Experimental Forest of western 

 Oregon have revealed that Douglas-fir and hem- 

 lock seeds are most freely taken, amounting to 

 more than 20 percent of the total diet in a 90-bird 

 sample. The juncos displayed a strong preference 

 for Douglas-fir seed over the seeds of hemlock and 

 red cedar, the Denver Center reported. 



Problems with mult! font roxe. — Multiflora roses 

 have been widely planted in hedgerows for wild- 

 life food and cover and as a "living fence." 

 About 3 miles of experimental multiflora hedge- 

 row was established on the Patuxent Center, be- 

 ginning in 1D4T. During ensuing years it became 

 a nuisance in many places on the Center, owing 

 to vigorous growth and wide dissemination of 

 seeds by birds. Elsewhere many landowners had 

 become bitterly disillusioned with multiflora, and 



State response had ranged from warnings to at- 

 tempts at legislation to prohibit its further use. 



In an attempt to reevaluate the rose for wildlife 

 purposes on agricultural land, Patuxent personnel 

 determined that, from the original plantings, the 

 rose had spread over much of the developed area 

 of the Center itself. In favorable locations, it 

 had formed impassable thickets, and it was very 

 common along fencerows, forest edges, roadsides, 

 ditches, an orchard, and the banks of a farm pond. 



In cooperation with the Agricultural Research 

 Service, the Center has undertaken control tests 

 with seven leading herbicides. Most of the 

 chemicals killed the canes quickly, but some of 

 the treated plants had started to sprout again be- 

 fore the onset of winter. Final results cannot be 

 evaluated until after another growing season. 



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