Common name 
APPENDIX 
Table A-1. Bird species known to nest in stands of seeded nesting cover. 
Scientific Name 
Common name 
Scientific Name 

American bittern 
American wigeon 
Baird's sparrow 
Blue-winged teal 
Bobolink 
Brown-headed cowbird 
Clay-colored sparrow 
Common yellowthroat 
Dickcissel 
Gadwall 
Grasshopper sparrow 
Gray partridge 
Greater prairie chicken 
Green-winged teal 
Killdeer 
Lark bunting 
LeConte's sparrow 
Botaurus lentiginosus 
Anas americana 
Ammodramus bairdii 
Anas discors 
Dolichonyx oryzivorus 
Molothrus ater 
Spizella pallida 
Geothlypis trichas 
Spiza americana 
Anas streperd 
Ammodramus savannarum 
Perdix perdix 
Tympanuchus cupido 
Anas crecca 
Charadris vociferus 
Calamospiza melanocorys 
Passerherbulus caudacutus 
Lesser scaup 
Mallard 
Marbled vodwit 
Marsh hawk 
Mourning dove 
Northern shoveler 
Pintail 
Redhead 
Red-winged blackbird 
Ring-necked pheasant 
Savannah sparrow 
Sharp-tailed grouse 
Short-billed marsh wren 
Short-eared owl 
Upland sandpiper 
Vesper sparrow 
Western meadowlark 
Aythya affinis 
Anas platyrhynchos 
Limosa fedoa 
Circus cyaneus 
Zenaidura macroura 
Anas clypeata 
Anas acuta 
Aythya americana 
Agelaius phoeniceus 
Phasianus colchicus 
Passerculus sandwichensis 
Pedioecetes phasianellus 
Cistothorus platensis 
Asio flammeus 
Bartramia longicauda 
Pooecetes gramineus 
Sturnella neglecta 




Table A-2. Status of USDA agreements on seeded nesting cover carried out under the Water Bank Program 
in the glaciated prairie pothole region, 1972 through 30 September 1978. 




Number of Wetland Upland Total 
State agreements Hectares Acres Hectares Acres Hectares Acres 
North Dakota 1,456 23,140 57,136 57,195 141,222 80,335 198,358 
South Dakota 838 10,791 26,645 38,592 95,289 49383 121,934 
Minnesota 1,233 7,064 17,441 20,103 49,638 27,167 67.079 
Montana 107 1,034 2,553 4,234 10,455 3,268 13,008 
Total 3,634 42,029 103,775 120,124 296,604 162,153 400,379 

Table A-3. Scientific and common names of plants. 

Growth®* habit 


Common name Scientific name information 
Alfalfa Medicago sativa L. FPI 
American vetch Vicia americana Muhl, FPN 
Annual sunflower Helianthus annuus L. FAN 
Black-eyed susan Rudbeckia hirta L. FBN 
Black medic Medicago lupulina L. FAN 
Black nightshade Solanum americanum Mill. FAI 
Blue stickseed Lappula echinata Gilib. FAT 
Lappula redowskii (Hornem.) Greene FAI 
Blue wild lettuce Lactuca oblongifolia Nutt. FPN 
Box-elder Acer negundo L. TPN 
Bracted vervain Verbena bracteata Lag. & Rodr. FPN 
Broomweed Cutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby FPN 
