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Where can a guy get A book for identifying all the species of grasses and flowers on the hunting areas? I know for weeds in fields they make a pocket sized one.
I've been walking wild areas and it seems to me that the more plants varieties you have the better wildlife populations. I'm I dreaming in thinking this:D
 
No you are absolutley right. More plant diversity makes for better soil health which improves everything and that includes wildlife.
 
Diversity breeds strength and stability. Simple systems are a poor base for strong populations. There are plenty of books that will help identify plant species. Many of them are written in a regional format where only the species from that area are covered. I'm sure Amazon would have them as well as most book stores. I try to keep learning plants each year that I don't know. There are plenty that might be insignificant in a game birds life, but many are indicator species and help to judge the quality of a habitat. Sometime open up a bobwhites crop and count the number of different seeds that are consumed. You'd be surprised of the number and diversity. Go a state away and they will be different. On another board I started a thread on "Judging Habitat". It focused on traits that one could see either from the road, or while driving by at 55 that would tell a hunter whether he/she would stop or drive on by. Some depth on knowledge is needed to do this. Some hunters learn it informally and can tell by sight where the birds will be. Other hunters have put in decades in the field and still hunt habitats devoid of birds because they don't understand the plants needed to support that species. Books are great, but not totally necessary to gain that knowledge. Having some sure won't hurt!!! I've got a pretty broad library myself. I find myself going to them regularly.
 
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Us old guys immediately open the crop of birds we kill to analyze the crop and see what they are feeding on. You might be surprised.
 
captaincoot said:
Where can a guy get A book for identifying all the species of grasses and flowers on the hunting areas? I know for weeds in fields they make a pocket sized one.
I've been walking wild areas and it seems to me that the more plants varieties you have the better wildlife populations. I'm I dreaming in thinking this:D
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Didn't you get a smartphone? If you have a signal, you have all the wisdom of the internet in the palm of your hand. :laugh:

I have a slightly bigger than pocket size book about the plants of the tallgrass prairie. It's pretty good. I can't remember the title, so if you don't find what you want searching on Amazon, let me know and I'll post the title of mine when I can find it...
 
No I got the basic phone. BC has the smart phone. I keep taking samples of what I want to look them up but they never seem to make it back in good shape because Im checking the corn and soybean crops.
 
Some I have:
Field guide to the common weeds of Kansas-T.M. Barkley
Kansas Prairie Wildflowers-Clenton E. Ownesby
Roadside Wildflowers of the southern great plains-Craig C. Freeman & Eileen K. Schofield
Pasture and Range Plants-Phillips Petrolem Company
 
Knowing plant species certainly adds a lot to your upland hunting experience.
And even a walk in the woods or on the prairie, makes things so much more interesting knowing what species the plants are that your seeing.
 
Found it. Slightly bigger than pocket size, but it does have some photos and illustrations.

"Wildflowers and Grasses of Kansas"
Michael John Haddock
 
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