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WILDLIFE AND POLLINATOR HABITAT

  • Edge of Field Buffers

Wildlife vegetative plantings along the edge of the field or woods, or fencerow serves as protective cover, nesting area, habitat and travel lanes for wildlife.  These strips are planted to native warm season grasses, sunflowers, bermuda grass, rye grass, Johnson grass, and switch grass.

  • Sunflower plot

Demonstration of Black Oil Sunflowers for wildlife or seed production.

  • Constructed Wetland Ditch

This practice is used to filter soil sediment, pesticides and nutrients from the field runoff.  Vegetation includes: maidencane, cattails, johnson grass, willow trees, switch grass.  Vegetation also provides habitats and protective cover for wildlife.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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