Texas Wildscapes: Gardening for Wildlife
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Texas Wildscapes: Gardening for
Wildlife TAMU Nature Guides Edition
Kelly Conrad SimonTexas Parks and Wildlife Dept.
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Reading the LandReading the Land
Wildlife RespondWildlife Respondto Plantsto Plants
Environment Environment Responds Responds to Plantsto Plants
Plants RespondPlants Respondto Wildlifeto Wildlife
Plants Respond Plants Respond to Environment to Environment
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Habitat?
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Habitat?
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Habitat?
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Habitat basics
• Food• Water • Shelter
– Adults– Nesting
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Think Ecosystem!
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“Tradition?”
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Reward:
Caterpillars = Butterflies
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Remember…?
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Key to Success
Emulate nature
• Variety– Heterogeneous
versus Homogenous
• Layering
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Food
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Oak species
• Small mammals, birds• Food and shelter
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Mexican Plum
• Early nectar• White to pink flowers• Shade tolerant• Small ornamental
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Texas Redbud
• Early bloom• Seeds and nectar• Small tree• Different varieties
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Cherry Laurel
• Evergreen• Hedge or small tree• Early nectar• Fruit
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Agarita
• Evergreen• Like holly• Early nectar, sweet-
smelling• Edible fruit• Good shelter
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Turk’s Cap
Likes shade Hummingbirds! Butterflies! Apple-like fruit
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Chili Pequin
• Early sun or shade• Hot peppers!• Birds adore• Keep small
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Coral Honeysuckle
• “Evergreen” vine• Hummingbirds!• Well-mannered• Coral-colored fruit• 3 years to establish
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Scarlet sage
• Annual (sets seeds)• Hummingbirds!• Shade tolerant• Birds (seeds)• Can be groundcover
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Lindheimer Muhly
• Seeds (birds, small mammals)
• Nesting material• Nesting area
© Bluestem Nursery, 817-478-6202
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Why not exotics?
• Needy– Require chemicals– Require supplemental
water– Require vigilance
• Weedy– Rapid reproduction– No natural controls– Take over habitat
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Why not exotics?
© Rob and Ann Simpsonwww.agpix.com/snphotos
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Water
• Fresh, clean• Accessible• Shallow• Vegetation
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Shelter
• Weather, predators• Roost, nest
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Shelter: Cavities
© John Davis, TPWD
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Shelter: Cavities
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Habitat is:
• Food• Water• Shelter
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Texas Wildscapes
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