PLANTS FOR WILDLIFE UTILIZATION AND EROSION CONTROL 9) 
Sizable seeds of both grasses and legumes are consumed by vari- 
ous wild creatures, and some toll, usually not objectionable in extent, 
is taken of their foliage. Most of the forage and grain crops furnish 
summer cover, but as a rule they are not of value as winter shelter. 
Where wildlife feeding is an objective, patches of these crops are 
devoted to the purpose. They are of most value to wildlife if the 
sowings are near good refuge cover of low, dense, woody, and, pref- 
erably, evergreen plants. 
VINES, SHRUBS, AND TREES 
On untillable land and on land where erosion has removed prac- 
tically all the topsoil, plantings of a more permanent nature than 
field crops or even pasture plants are likely to be required. It is in 
this respect, and especially for stabilizing gullies‘ (pl. 7), that the 
vines, shrubs, and trees so useful in providing cover and food for 
wildlife have an important use. They will serve also for. binding 
soul on steep slopes, on stream and ditch banks, and on terrace mar- 
gins. For the sake of their value to wildlife, for improving the 
appearance of landscapes, and for yielding wood and other products 
of direct value to man, they may well be encouraged on any spots of 
rough or infertile land or on other uncultivated patts of the farm. 
LIST OF PLANTS 
The recommendations here compiled have been based in part on 
possession by the plants of far-reaching root systems or of the habit 
of making dense growth and in part on the capacity of the plants 
to grow on lands denuded of topsoil. This latter quality accounts 
for inclusion of the tap-rooted pines and some other relatively weak- 
rooted plants that have, however, marked ability to pioneer on barren 
eround. Arrangement is in systematic order. Letters indicate that 
the plant or group of plants is of value for cover (C), browse (B). 
herbage (H), mast (M), fruit (F), or seeds (S). : 
Iai ene iene open SB Se | TU TUUS ES WO rey oe) aes ts pee CBS 
NoLway Sphuices= 2-242 DCC OMCLECLS en ree pee CBS 
Wisntber spruces =s5 = os a es TeV C COG UWE er neat mae rere CBS 
mlacke spruces s. 7 2 ee T2UCCOPIUUG TC a as Us BS gE CBS 
Douglas fir 2-225 = eee SCUCOUSULOOLALOLUGe er i oe CB 
Ryiiiiesce dare ts tes Su Se Cs Chamaecyparts.thyotdes<_ = 2 2222-2 _ CB 
Common jumiperss=—- 2. 2 S228 JUNE P CRUSE COMIMNUNTS se ae a Ee @7BoE 
Arse UT ers Juniperus communis hibernica____- CoBaE 
Creepimecjunipers 26 Le Juni Penus NOntZoniglisa. == CaBaE) 
Rocky mountain juniper_________ SUNUD CUS SCODULOTULNUS = = CrBah 
OG, NGI te ieee eee Soe anes ee JAUNUDETALS VITGLNUGNG® 5. ss a Ce Baki 
Beardgrass, bluestem____________ AN GGZODOTOT:S Dis ee LS 
Caleta +toboosa,-curky mesquite=_= Hilama spp-_----2_ 2-22 H 
ESTO DSS Se eg TAS DQUUTAGISULCN UT a ke ee S 
Wreeping betes. 22 ae = ANG POSS THESIS. = OE HS 
eC lomalnent=se< eh VAG EOSEUS LET ULES Sy meee Sy eee he HS 
Micediiecnasst =. ae PSIG DOES) Oe, eg eee Sere Oa lol is) 
Dropseed,:sacaton_._= =~ 22-2 SS OROUOMESES (0) eee ae HS 
Gienioa See cee een eee IEOUUAGUOP S| 3 Va 2s = loli) 
ubialoporass== 09" 22 2 ee Buchlocaactylordes= see =m a ae Jal 
MMUING PASC tay te Pe gs Se Be KORA: GROSVOGR = 3 ook le H 
*MEGINNIS, H. G. USING SOIL-BINDING PLANTS TO RECLAIM GULLIES IN THE SOUTH. 
U.S. Dept. Agr., Farmers’ Bull. 1697, 17 pp., illus. 1933. Obtainable from Superintend- 
ent of Documents, Washington, D. C., for 5 cents a copy. 
