Plants Valuable For Wildlife Utilization And For Erosion Control PDF Download

Excerpt from Groups of Plants Valuable for Wildlife Utilization and Erosion Control In addition to browsing, there may be mentioned grazmg (that is, feeding on grass and other herbage). This seems to have been the principal-mode of feeding of the bison or buffalo, and is impor tant also to elk, especially in summer. It figures less than is popularly supposed, however, in the feeding habits of deer, antelope, rabbits, and hares, which depend more upon woody plants, or true browse. All these creatures take some grass and herbs, it is true, and the leaves of grass and of many other plants are freely eaten by quail and grouse and nipped by numerous smaller vegetarian birds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.