Information at a Glance About Plants for Attracting Birds, Game and Fish, Ornamental Water Plants. 
COMPILED BY CLYDE B. TERRELL. NATURALIST & AQUATIC BIOLOGIST, OSHKOSH, WIS., U. S. A. 
Plants for Various 
Conditions and Uses 
EXPLANATION 
Numbers refer to plants num¬ 
bered in table. When number 
is preceded by *, plant is espe¬ 
cially good for purpose named. 
It is understood that plants 
named below are suitable pro¬ 
viding other conditions are 
favorable. (See Conditions, 
Uses and Where to Plant). 
USES 
Food Plants for Attracting 
Wild Ducks & Waterfowl. 
1,*2,4,5,*6A,*6B,7,8,10,*11,*12 13, 
*14,15 *17*18,20,22 *23,*24,25,26 
*27,*28,*29,30,*31,*32,*33,*34. 
Cover and Nesting 
Places for Waterfowl 
*1,*2,*3,7,10,13,*16,18,20,22,23, 
25 *33,*34 *35. 
Food, Cover and Nesting 
Places for Quail, Pheasants 
and Grouse. 
*4,*7,*18,*33,35. 
Food Producing and Sheltei 
Plants for Fish. 
*1,*5,*6A,*6B,8.*11 ,*12,13,*14*15, 
*17,*24,^25,*26,*27,*28,*29,*30,31, 
*32,*34,*35. 
Aquarium Plants. 
*5,*6A,*6B,11,12,*15,17,*23,24,25, 
26,27,28,29,*30.*32. 
Muskrat Food and Cover. 
1,*3,13,22,*23,25,26,*27,32,33, *34 
Food for Waterfowl Farms. 
4, *5,6A,6B,*7„*11,*12,*17,18,*24, 
*30*33,34. 
Plants for Blinds. 
1, *2, *3, *16, 33, *34, *35. 
Ornamental Plants. 
1,*2,*3,*9,10,10A,*13,18*20 *21,*22 
*23,*24,*25,*26,27,*28,33,*34,*35. 
Trees for Moist Soil 
*35B, *35C. 
CONDITIONS 
Alkali or Brackish Water. 
1.2, *3,5,*6B,*11,12;14,16,*17,18,23, 
*28,*29,*31,*32,35. 
Salt Water. No. *8. 
Fresh Water With Outlet. 
Any fresh water plants 
if other conditions are OK. 
Fresh Water No Outlet. 
*1,*2,*3,5,*6A,*6B,*10,*10A,*11, 
*12 *13 *14 *16 *17,20, *22, 23, *25, 
*26, *27 *28*29,31. 
Small Shallow Streams, 
Springs, Artesian Wells, 
Open all Winter. 
2,6A,6B, 10, *10A, 17, *22, *23, *24, 
30.34. 
Water Subject to Consider¬ 
able Waves or Current. 
1,(*8 salt water only) 15,*17,*31,*32. 
Places Dry in Summer, 
Overflowed in Winter, Fall 
or Spring. 
*4 *7,*18,*20,23,25,*33 *35. 
Places Deeply Flooded in 
Spring or Summer. 
5, *6A.6B,11 *17 *18*32. 
Marsh. i,*2,*3,*io,*ioa,*16,18, 
20 *22 *23,33, *34. 35. 
Swamp * 2 , *3 18, 20, *22, *23 
34.35. 
Mud Flats. 
*2,*3,9A Water Iris, 10,10A, 13,*18, 
*20,*22,*23.(25, 27 when overflowed 
in spring), *33, *34, *35. 
Wet Soil. 2, 3, 7, 9A Water Iris, 
*10, *10A, *16, *18, *20, *21,*22,*23, 
*33,(34 ifflooded in spring.),*35 
Dry Soil. *4, *7, (*9 except Water 
Iris), *21,33,35. 
Sandy Soil. *l,3,*4,*5,*6A,*6B> 
*7, *8, 9,10,*11*12,*14*16*17*23, 
*24,30,31,*32,34,*35. 
Rock Bottom.*5,*6A,*6B,11,30 
Marl Bottom, 
*1,2,*3,5, 6B,*11,*14,*17,23,26,*27, 
29,30,32. 
Shady Places. 
5,6B,*7,17,*21,22,*23,*24,30,*35. 
High Altitudes. 
2.3, *5,*6A,*6B,*7,*9,*10A,*11,*12, 
14,15, *17,18,*21,*22,23,*24,27,29, 
*30,32,33,34 *35. 
THE PLANT—It’s Value, Uses 
and Description 
1. Bulrush (Scirpus sp .)—Cover and food for 
ducks. Blinds. 5 ft. high. Ornamental. 
2. Bur Reed (Sparganium sp .)—Large seeds, ex 
cellent duck food. Odd ornamental plant. 
3. Cat-Tail (Typha latifolia )—Attractive orna 
mental. Wildfowl cover. Blinds. Muskrat food. 
4. Chufa; Nutgrass (Cyperus esculentus). —Pro¬ 
duces abundant nutlike tubers making good food for 
doves and quail, specially good for wildfowl if grounc 
is flooded. Rapid grower and abundant food producer. 
5. Coontail (Ceratophyllum demersum )— Sub¬ 
merged floating food plant for waterfowl and fish. 
6 . Duck’s Meat; Duckweeds ( Lemnaceae) —At¬ 
tracts both wild ducks and fish. Plants j/g to pf inch 
wide, floating in masses. Entire plant eaten. 
7. Duck Wheat; Goose Buckwheat (Fagopyrum 
sp). — Wildfowl, Quail, Dove, Pheasant Food. Cover. 
Weed destroyer. Matures 11 wks. 
8 . Eel Grass ( Zostera marina) —Good duck and 
brant attraction for salt water. 
9. Iris sp. Attractive flowers—various colors Per¬ 
ennial. (Price list describes varieties). 
10. Marsh Mallow ( Hibiscus Moscheutos) —Duck 
food. Ornamental. Magnificent pink flowers 6 in. across 
10A. Marsh Marigold ( Caltha palustris) — Orna¬ 
mental. 1 ft. high. Masses gold-colored flowers, bloom¬ 
ing in early spring. Leaves cooked as greens. 
11. Muskgrass (Chara sp.) —Attracts wild ducks. 
Recommended for fish ponds. Rapid grower. 
12. Naias; Bushy Pondweed (Naias flexilis ).— 
Fine all around duck food and fish food and cover. 
13. Pickerel Plant (Pontederia cordata) — Duck 
food. A handsome ornamental plant. Purple flowers. 
14. Pond Plant, Floating Brown Leaf (Pota- 
mogeton natans). — Attracts Wild Ducks and fish. 
15. Redhead Grass (Potamogeton perfoliatus) — 
Submerged. Wildfowl and fish food. Good fish cover 
16. Reed Grass; ‘Cages’ (Phragmites communis) 
Waterfowl cover. Blinds. 8 ft. high. Ornamental 
17. Sago Pond Plant (P. pectinatus) — Fine duck 
ood. Ideal fish food and cover. Submerged. 
18. Smartweed (Polygonum pennsylvanicum )— 
Good wild duck, quail and ruffed grouse food. 
20. Thalia (Thalia sp.) — Good Mallard attraction. 
Ornamental. Very showy. 6 to 10 ft. high. Canna- 
like leaves. Purple flowers. 
21. Violet, Blue Wisconsin (Viola papilionaced) 
— Favorite wild flower. Deep blue. 
22. Wampee; Water Arum (Peltandra virginica) 
Attracts, Mallards, Wood Ducks. Ornamental. 
23. Wapato Duck Potato; (Sagittaria latifolia) 
— Attracts all waterfowl. Ornamental. Arrow-shaped 
leaves; white and yellow flowers. Grows rapidly. 
24. Water Cress (Sisymbrium nasturtium-aquati- 
cum) — Duck food. Green all winter in unfrozen 
streams. Use in salads and sandwiches; like peppers 
or radishes; or a garnish. Ornamental. 
25, 26, 27, 28, Water Lillies (Nymphaeceae) — 
Attract waterfowl. Provide food and shelter for fish. 
Ornamental. Handsome flowers. (See price list for 
varieties available and descriptions). 
29. Water Milfoil (Myriophyllum sp.) —Excel¬ 
lent for fish ponds — aquariums. Attracts waterfowl) 
30. Water Weed, Elodea (Philotria canadensis 
For fish ponds, aquariums, duck farms. Rapid grower 
31. Widgeon Grass (Ruppia sp.) — Submerged 
wild duck food for alkali or brackish water. 
32. Wild Celery; Tape Grass; (Vallisneria spir 
alis) — Unfailing attraction for Canvasbacks, Redheads 
Blue-bills. Best fishing where it grows, provides food 
shelter; keeps water fresh and clear insuring more fish 
reaching maturity. Submerged. 
33. Wild Duck Millet; Goose Grass (Echinoch-) 
loa crus-galli) — Food and cover for domesticated and 
wild waterfowl, quail, etc. Blinds. Matures 3 mo. 
34. Wild Rice; Duck Oats. (Zizania aquatica 
and Z. palustris) — Exceptionally fine attraction for 
Mallards, Teal Pintails Black Ducks, Geese, Fish. At¬ 
tractive clumps and backgrounds for water gardens. 
WHERE TO 
(In Fresh Wat 
not specified) 
1 to 4 feet water- 
or sandy soil. 
-rich 
or 1 ft. water. 
dy spots. 1 ft. water. 
Dry land. For quai 
—doves, plow up tu 
or let hogs root up. 
Still water, 
of bottom. 
Any kind 
bays. Any bottom, i 
sulca shallow water, 
any depth. 
35. Willow (Salix sp.) Trees or shrubs adapted 
to wet soil for cover, blinds, shade. Rapid grower 
Shade and keep trout streams cool. 
Almost any drained 
soil. Moist cool climate. 
Quiet, shallow salt wa¬ 
ter covered at low tide. 
See price list. Fine 
for borders or clumps. 
Damp places; waters 
edge. In garden if water 
often. 
Damp meadows; waters 
edge. Gardens, if water 
often. 
1 to 15 ft. fresh or brack¬ 
ish water having lime. 
1 to 6 ft. water. Any 
except rocky soil. 
1 to 3 ft. water. Fair¬ 
ly rich soil. 
Fresh or brackish wa¬ 
ter 1 to feet deep. 
1 to 8 feet fresh wa¬ 
ter. Fairly rich bottom. 
y 2 X.ol ft. water. Wet 
places. Any soil. 
i to io ft. hard, fresh, 
brackish or alkali water. 
Land along shores, wet 
soil, mud flats. 
Damp, muddy places 
and in water up to 18 
inches deep. Rich soil. 
Fairly rich moist soil. 
Marsh, Swamp. Up 
to 18 in. water. 
Shallow waters 1 inch 
to 18 inches deep; mar¬ 
shy, muddy spots. 
Shallow streams, 
springs, fountains, 1 to 
8 inches water remain¬ 
ing open in winter. 
Tubers or plants, 1 to 
4 ft. quiet, warm water. 
Seeds—Shallow water 
or start in tubs. 
1 to 4 ft. quiet water. 
Fairly rich soil. 
Quiet ponds streams 
or bays 1 to 8 ft. deep. 
1 to 5 ft. brackish or 
saline water. 
i 1 / to 12 feet hard, 
fresh, or slightly brack¬ 
ish water. Sand, loam or 
mud soil. Soft rich soil 
and 2 to 7 feet water best. 
Moist soil—not under 
water in summer. Mud 
flats. 
Partly sheltered, sunny, bay 
or pond with outlet. J4 to 3 ft. 
water not salty to taste, or over 
6 ft. higher in high than in low 
periods. Hard water best. 
Almost any 
taining some 
soil con 
moisture. 
r WHAT TO 
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Roots 
Plants 
Seed 
' Roots or Plants 
8 Tubers 
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Plants 
r (A) Plants 
Lemna trisulca 
“ (B) Plants 
- Sfirodela 
Seed- 
Plants or 
Roots 
Plants or 
- Roots 
Roots or Plants 
Plants 
Plants with 
oogonia (Seed) 
Plants with seed 
Roots or 
Plants 
Seed 
Roots 
Roots 
Tubers or Plants 
Seed 
Seed 
Plants or 
Roots 
Plants 
Plants 
Tubers or 
Plants 
Plants 
Seed 
Tubers-PIants 
All varieties 
Lotus Seed ^ 
N. advena seed l 
Plants 
Plants 
Roots or 
Plants 
Winter buds 
(Tubers) or 
Plants 
Seed 
Seed 
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Plants 
Cuttings 
WHEN TO PLANT 
Quantity 
to Plant 
per Acre 
North U. S. 
Canada, etc. 
South U. S. 
Mexico, etc. 
Apr. 1 to 
July 15 
Apr. 1 to 
July 15 
1000 
Apr 15 to Aug. 1 
Apr 15 to Aug. j 
1000 
Fall—Spring 
Fall—Spring 
10 Lbs. 
Apr. 1 to 
July 1 
Apr. 1 to 
July 1 
1500 
Apr. 1 to 
June 15 
Feb. 1 to 
July 1 
1 Bu. 
Apr. i to 
Nov. is 
April 1 to 
Nov. 15 
10 to 
15 Bu. 
June 1 to 
Oct. 15 
June 1 to 
Nov. 1 
10 to 15 Bu. 
June 15 to 
Oct. 15 
June 15 to 
Oct. 15 
5 Bu. 
May 1 to 
July 1 
Mar. 15 to 
Aug. 1 
60 to 
90 Lbs. 
Apr. 15 to 
July 15 
Apr. 1 to 
July 15 
3 Bu. 
Apr. 15 to 
Oct. 20 
March 1 to 
Nov. 1 
K to 2 ft. 
apart. 
Apr. 15 to 
June 15 
Apr. 15 to 
June 15 
3 to 5 ft. 
Apart 
Apr. 15 to 
June 15 
Apr. 15 to 
June 15 
2 to 3 ft. 
apart 
July 20 to 
Dec. 1 
July 20 to 
Feb. 15 
4 Bu. 
July 20 to 
Dec. 1 
July 20 to 
Dec. 1 
5 Bu. 
May 1 to 
Aug. 1 
May 1 to 
Aug. 1 
600 
Aug. 15 to 
Nov. 1 
Aug. 15 to 
Nov. 1 
40 Lbs. 
Apr. 1 to 
July 15 
Apr. 1 to 
July 15 
1200 
Apr. 1 to 
July 1 
Apr. 1 to 
July 1 
20 Bu. 
April 1 to July 1 
Feb. 1 toJulyl5 
120 U 
Aug. 10 to Nov 1. 
Aug. 10 to Nov. 1 
40 Lbs. 
Apr. 1 to 
July 1 
Feb. 20 to 
Aug. 1 
40 
Lbs. 
Apr. 10 to 
June 15 
Feb. 15 to 
June 15 
3 ft. 
apart. 
Apr. 10 to 
June 25 
Apr. 10 to 
June 25 
9 inches 
apart. 
May 1 to 
July 1 
Apr. 15 to 
July 1 
2 ft. 
apart. 
Mar. 15 to 
July 15 
Feb. 15 to 
Aug. 1 
1000 to 
1500 
Mar. 1 to 
Nov. 15 
All Year 
1000 
Apr. 15 to 
Aug. 1 
Mar. 1 to 
Aug. 15 
3 Lbs. 
Apr. 1 to 
July 15 
Apr. 1 to 
July 15 
750 
Mar. 1 to June 15 
Oct. 1 to July 1 
15 Lbs. 
Aug. & Sept. 
Aug. & Sept. 
10 Qts. 
May 15 to 
July 1 
May 15 to 
July 10 
7 Bu. 
June 1 to 
Sept. 1 
June 1 to 
Nov. 20 
10 Bu. 
May 1 to 
July 1 
May 1 to 
July 1 
5 Bu. 
Mar. 20 to 
July 20 
Mar. 20 to 
Aug. 1 
1200 
Sept. 15 to 
Nov. 1 
Sept. 15 to 
Nov. 1 
50 Lbs. 
Apr. 1 to 
July 10 
Mar. 1 to 
Aug. 1 
20 Lbs. 
Sept. 15 to June 15 
When waters 
Sept.l5toJunel5 
not frozen. 
60 Lbs. 
May 15 to 
June 20 
May 15 to 
June 20 
15 Bu. 
Apr. 1 to 
July 1 
Mar. 1 to 
July 1 
2 to 3 ft. 
apart 
PRICE LIST ON OPPOSITE 
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