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(Fig. 10). Skips left by single broadcast operations, as 
opposed to double broadcast operations perpendicular or 
diagonal to each other, were fringed in appearance, ap- 
parently due to the greater distances the smaller and 
heavier alfalfa and sweet clover seeds broadcast as com- 
pared with the lighter and larger grass seeds. Canada 
thistle, western dock, wormwood, curly dock, and sow 
thistle were mainly responsible for the contrasting appear- 
ance of the skips and the lack of continuity in the natural 
coloration of areas where grasses were absent. 
Discussion and Management Inferences 
Seeded nesting cover has been commonly referred to as 
forage or tame hayland by farmers and ranchers; as wild- 
life cover, tall dense rank cover, or dense nesting cover by 
wildlife resource agencies; and as land retirement cover or 
Fig. 9. An area skipped during drilling operations retained an wildlife cover plantings on privately owned land by 
obvious boundary and did not revegetate with seeded species 
during the first five growing seasons. 


Fig. 10. An area skipped during broadcasting operations had a vague boundary and did not completely revegetate with seeded species 
during the first five growing seasons. 

