Cottontail rabbits, the most abundant small-game animals in the county, prefer bushy areas interspersed with cropland and pasture. cottontail rabbits occur in greatest numbers in the southwestern part of of the westmoreland county, 2. Gray squirrels, they are the second in abundance among the small game animals. They generally prefer the edges of woodland.
They are most plentiful where black oak, red oak, and chestnut oak are dominant
They are also numerous where cornfields are interspersed with woodlots of hickory, walnut, and oak.
3. Ring-necked pheasants are most common in the southwestern part of the county. the production of corn, oats and wheat provides food and cover most suitable for pheasants. there are no pheasants in the southeastern …show more content…
Ruffled grouse are plentiful and are to be found in large wooded tracts on farms throughout the county.
They prefer brush, young trees in cutover areas, and openings in larger, more heavily wooded tracts.
The southwestern part of the county provides poor habitats for grouse because of the residential and industrial developments and the extensive open areas of farmland.
5. Bobwhite quail, are to be found in limited numbers in all farming areas of the county, particularly where small fields of corn or other grain are interspersed with meadows, brushy areas, and small wooded tracts.
They are most common where the land-use pattern provide the most suitable habitat of any in the county. Quail do not thrive in intensively farmed areas where grassland is predominant.
6. White-tailed deer, occur throughout the county. They prefer a combination of brush aand saplings, lesser amounts of mature woods, and open grassland.
7. Mourning doves find suitable habitat on the extensively farmed parts. They are moving the few small game species that require drinking water daily. They are migratory birds and fly considerable distances to feed and drink
Doves prefer young conifers for nesting, but their nesting places range from the bare ground to tall …show more content…
Food and cover plants
Grain and seed crops
Domestic grains or seed producing annual herbaceous plants planted to produce food for wildlife; examples are corn, sorghum, wheat, millet, buckwheat, soybeans, and sunflowers.
Grasses and legumes
Domestic perennial grasses and herbaceous legumes established by planting to furnish cover and food for wildlife; examples are fescue, brome, timothy, red top, bluegrass, orchardgrass, reed canary grass, clover, trefoil, alfalfa, and sericea lespedeza. Wild herbaceous upland plants
Native or introduced perennial grasses or forbs that generally are established naturally and that provide food and cover principally for upland wildlife; examples are ragweed, wheatgrass, wildrye, oatgrass, pokeweed, strawberry, beggarweed, goldenrod, and dandelion.
Hardwood woody plants
Deciduous trees, shrubs and woody vines that produce fruits, nuts, buds, catkins, twigs, or foliage used as food by wildlife, and that commonly are established naturally but may be planted; examples are oak, beech, hawthorn, dogwood, viburnum, holly, maple, birch, roses, grape, cherry, blueberry, and raspberry.
Coniferous woody
They are most plentiful where black oak, red oak, and chestnut oak are dominant
They are also numerous where cornfields are interspersed with woodlots of hickory, walnut, and oak.
3. Ring-necked pheasants are most common in the southwestern part of the county. the production of corn, oats and wheat provides food and cover most suitable for pheasants. there are no pheasants in the southeastern …show more content…
Ruffled grouse are plentiful and are to be found in large wooded tracts on farms throughout the county.
They prefer brush, young trees in cutover areas, and openings in larger, more heavily wooded tracts.
The southwestern part of the county provides poor habitats for grouse because of the residential and industrial developments and the extensive open areas of farmland.
5. Bobwhite quail, are to be found in limited numbers in all farming areas of the county, particularly where small fields of corn or other grain are interspersed with meadows, brushy areas, and small wooded tracts.
They are most common where the land-use pattern provide the most suitable habitat of any in the county. Quail do not thrive in intensively farmed areas where grassland is predominant.
6. White-tailed deer, occur throughout the county. They prefer a combination of brush aand saplings, lesser amounts of mature woods, and open grassland.
7. Mourning doves find suitable habitat on the extensively farmed parts. They are moving the few small game species that require drinking water daily. They are migratory birds and fly considerable distances to feed and drink
Doves prefer young conifers for nesting, but their nesting places range from the bare ground to tall …show more content…
Food and cover plants
Grain and seed crops
Domestic grains or seed producing annual herbaceous plants planted to produce food for wildlife; examples are corn, sorghum, wheat, millet, buckwheat, soybeans, and sunflowers.
Grasses and legumes
Domestic perennial grasses and herbaceous legumes established by planting to furnish cover and food for wildlife; examples are fescue, brome, timothy, red top, bluegrass, orchardgrass, reed canary grass, clover, trefoil, alfalfa, and sericea lespedeza. Wild herbaceous upland plants
Native or introduced perennial grasses or forbs that generally are established naturally and that provide food and cover principally for upland wildlife; examples are ragweed, wheatgrass, wildrye, oatgrass, pokeweed, strawberry, beggarweed, goldenrod, and dandelion.
Hardwood woody plants
Deciduous trees, shrubs and woody vines that produce fruits, nuts, buds, catkins, twigs, or foliage used as food by wildlife, and that commonly are established naturally but may be planted; examples are oak, beech, hawthorn, dogwood, viburnum, holly, maple, birch, roses, grape, cherry, blueberry, and raspberry.
Coniferous woody