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V.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PAGE G OF 4
<br /> NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 01/18/00
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<br /> WILDLIFE HABITAT
<br /> Endnote -- WILDLIFE HABITAT--Continued
<br /> WETLAND PLANTS are annual and perennial wild herbaceous plants that grow on moist or wet sites. Submerged or
<br /> floating aquatic plants are excluded. Soil properties and features affecting wetland plants are texture of the surface
<br /> layer, wetness, reaction, salinity, slope, and surface stoniness. Examples of wetland plants are smartweed, wild
<br /> millet, wildrice, salegrass, cordgrass, rushes, sedges, and reeds.
<br /> SHALLOW WATER ARRAS have an average depth of less than 5 feet. Some are naturally wet areas. Others are created by
<br /> dams, levees, or other water-control structures. Soil properties and features affecting shallow water areas are
<br /> depth to bedrock, wetness, surface stoniness, slope, and permeability. Examples of shallow water areas are marshes,
<br /> waterfowl feeding areas, and ponds. The habitat for various kinds of wildlife is described in the following paragraphs.
<br /> HABITAT FOR OPENLAND WILDLIFE consists of cropland, pasture, meadows. and areas that are overgrown with grasses, herbs,
<br /> shrubs, and vines. These areas produce grain and seed crops, grasses and legumes, and wild herbaceous plants.
<br /> Wildlife attracted to these areas include bobwhite quail, pheasant, meadowlark, field sparrow, cottontail, and red
<br /> fox.
<br /> HABITAT FOR WOODLAND WILDLIFE consists of areas of deciduous plants or coniferous plants or both and associated grasses,
<br /> legumes, and wild herbaceous plants. Wildlife attracted to these areas include wild turkey, ruffed grouse, woodcock,
<br /> thrushes, woodpeckers, squirrels, gray fox, raccoon, deer, and bear.
<br /> HABITAT FOR WETLAND WILDLIFE consists of open, marshy or swampy shallow water areas. Some of the wildlife attracted
<br /> Ouch areas are ducks, geese, herons, shore birds, muskrat, mink, and beaver.
<br /> HABITAT FOR RANGELAND WILDLIFE consists of areas of shrubs and wild herbaceous plants. Wildlife attracted to rangeland
<br /> include antelope, deer, sage grouse, meadowlark, and lark bunting.
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