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Caterpillars in Your Yard and Garden, Page 28
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Linden looper caterpillars (Erannis tiliaria) are present from late spring to summer. They produce one generation per year.
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Reducing Losses When Feeding Hay to Beef Cattle
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Feeding hay to cattle is expensive, mostly due to waste. Learn good management practices to minimize the losses that occur due to poor storage methods, improper feeding methods, or both.
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Liver Flukes in Missouri: Distribution, Impact on Cattle, Control and Treatment
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Cattle operations should evaluate their risk for is Fascioloides magna, also known as the deer fluke or the giant liver fluke. Learn about its distribution in Missouri, its life cycle, treatment and more in this guide.
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Pelvic Measurements and Calving Difficulty
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Learn how pelvic measurements can help estimate calf birth weight and reduce calving difficulty in beef cattle.
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Enlist Label Compliance: How to Determine Hydrologic Soil Groups
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Learn how to use the USDA Web Soil Survey interactive map to determine your field's hydrologic soil group for the soil series on which you plan to apply an Enlist herbicide.
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Decision-Making Techniques for Community Groups
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Explore four decision-making techniques to help community groups identify and prioritize projects effectively.
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Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 35
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Osage orange grows as a medium-sized tree up to 50 feet tall. It has yellow-green fleshy fruits with a knobby surface that resembles a brain. Its alternate, simple leaves taper to a long, pointed tip.
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Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 03
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Alfalfa leaves are divided into three leaflets, with the middle leaflet on a distinct stalk. Leaflets are serrated along the outer third to half and are somewhat elongated. Flowers are usually purple, sometimes bluish, rarely white. Fruits are usually curved or twisted.
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Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 38
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Paspalums seeds are round and flattened and are neatly lined up (but sometimes overlapping slightly) on the seed stalk in two or four rows. Some paspalum species have conspicuous silky hairs at the base of the spikelet.
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Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 06
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Beggar's lice has triangular seedpods covered with dense hairs that cause them to stick to clothing. During the growing season, it can be recognized by its divided leaf and pink flower.
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Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 41
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Pokeweed leaves are smooth, oblong and usually 6 to 8 inches in length, though they may grow up to 12 inches. Stems turn bright purple as the plant matures. Clusters of succulent, shiny purple berries, about 1/4 inch in diameter, occur at the tops of the plants.
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Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 09
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Several briar species grow tall canes that form large thickets of dense, prickly cover. The briars exhibit numerous five-petaled white flowers from April through June.
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Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 44
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Roundhead lespedeza is a tall perennial plant with reddish-brown seed heads and large leaves. It provides crucial food for bobwhite quail, especially in winter.
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Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 12
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Croton produces abundant seeds and is a common summer weed in pastures and other disturbed areas. A dense covering of white hairs gives croton flowers a fuzzy white appearance.
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Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 47
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Sideoats grama has fine leaves and widely spaced fine hairs along the leaf edge, especially near the collar. Most sideoats plants are 18-24 inches tall at maturity. It has a unique, oatlike seed that droops slightly off one side of the stalk.
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Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 15
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Common elderberry is a shrub that grows to 8 feet tall and forms dense colonies from root sprouts. The tops are multibranched, bearing opposite, pinnately compound leaves 4 to 12 inches long. Lance-shaped leaflets are 2 to 6 inches long, 1 to 2 inches wide and sharply toothed.
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Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 50
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Winged, smooth and staghorn sumac have single stems and a broad reaching canopy of pinnately compound leaves. Fragrant sumac has three leaves resembling poison ivy but with more serrated margins. The leaves of all species often turn a brilliant red in autumn.
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Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 18
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Most of the foxtails found in the Midwest are native to Europe and Asia. They are annual plants generally considered to be weeds. The seed head has the bushy form of a fox's tail. Height at maturity varies by species, but is generally 1-3 feet.
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Techniques for Aging Live Deer
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The ability to age live deer is a beneficial skill for all deer hunters and managers. Visit our site to learn Techniques for Aging Live Deer.
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Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 53
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Three-seeded mercury is characterized by longitudinally folded, lobed, leaflike bracts that persist throughout the growing season. The seeds are small, egg-shaped and dark brown to light gray or tan.
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Controlling Voles in Horticulture Plantings and Orchards in Missouri - Page 2
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Pine voles spend most of their lives under the ground in burrow systems. They can be found in forested areas but also inhabit fields next to woodlands. They feed on plant roots, flower bulbs, and the growing tissue (cambium) of tree roots.
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Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 21
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Wild grapes are vines capable of climbing to 75 feet or more by means of tendrils. Leaves are alternate, simple and heart-shaped (Vitis) to triangular (Ampelopsis). Flowers bloom from mid to late spring, and globe-shaped fruits are borne in drooping clusters from late summer through fall.
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Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 24
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Hazelnut is a thicket-forming, spreading shrub that can vary in height from 3 to 10 feet. Its leaves are egg-shaped to oval, doubly serrated with five to eight veins on each side of the central vein. Fruits occur in clusters of two to six.
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Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 56
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Viburnum grows as shrubs or small trees with branching crowns. Flowers are borne in dense, flat-topped panicles that produce many red to bluish black, berrylike fruits in fall. The leaves are opposite and turn brilliant shades of deep rose-purple to rose-red or bright red in fall.
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Writing Features
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Learn how to craft engaging feature stories by focusing on imaginative leads, concise sentences, and active verbs to captivate your readers.