The year started good out in Oklahoma and Kansas, but not here. Do to a dry June I have 15-20 foot chestnut trees that have hardly any nuts.
The Brushpile
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This is Deciduous Holly (DH), also called Winter Berry. Deciduous Holly is dioecious like Persimmon. Deciduous Holly is also thicket forming in moist soil where it sprouts from seeds. DH thickets are very attractive to wildlife for cover, and deer browse. DO NOT confuse DH with the other common bush with a red berry... Bush Honeysuckle!
DH is a small tree and is sold by the MDC. DH prefers the edge of swamps, rivers, etc., but it also has survived The Brushpile.
DH is a small tree and is sold by the MDC. DH prefers the edge of swamps, rivers, etc., but it also has survived The Brushpile.
This Deciduous Holly's native range.
http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=163
http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=163
shedder
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilex_verticillata
Must be very different than this one in the north. I don't remember seeing deer use it.
https://www.bing.com/images/search?...20b08f59058d13ac610e029c416ebeafo0&ajaxhist=0
The first deciduous holly I planted were scattered across the property and deer browsed everyone last one. It grows in the Southeast, and is sometimes called "Possum Haw", which grows into a small tree.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilex_decidua
My deciduous Holly doesn't look like what you have pictures. This is one cases where the scientic name of the plant that makes good deer habitat is Ilex decidua.
http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/tree/iledec/all.html
The first deciduous holly I planted were scattered across the property and deer browsed everyone last one. It grows in the Southeast, and is sometimes called "Possum Haw", which grows into a small tree.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilex_decidua
My deciduous Holly doesn't look like what you have pictures. This is one cases where the scientic name of the plant that makes good deer habitat is Ilex decidua.
http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/tree/iledec/all.html
Yes, Ilex Decidua, grows in the Southeast, and forms a small tree. The thicket it forms would more closely resemble a plum thicket.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilex_verticillata
Must be very different than this one in the north. I don't remember seeing deer use it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilex_decidua
Deer browse the new growth and it creates thick brushy cover, plus it tolerates partial shade.
Here is Deciduous Holly/Ilex decidua listed as a first choice for deer browse in Texas.
http://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_br_w7000_1222.pdf
http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ILDE
Lake, I enjoy growing habitat as much or more than I do actual hunting. If a plant has wildlife value then I have to have it, plant it and observe wildlife use. Drought has interfered with growth and mast production which is frustrating because I enjoy observing plant growth, seeing mast production and observing it's wildlife value.
shedder
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I assume this is Daphne but it looks like Winterberry Ilex_verticillata now that I look at it.
Some kind of dogwood?
shedder
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bush honeysuckle I am told.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diervilla_lonicera
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diervilla_lonicera
That doesn't look like Bush Honeysuckle, and I'd be interested in what it is? Can you get a closer pic of the leaves and berries? The berries on Bush Honeysuckle are soft and juicy, while Deciduous Holly berries are firm.
It's about time to start marking trees for cutting, while the leaves are still green for ID, and before deer season/tracking season begins. Grafted Persimmon, Oaks in the White Oak Family, AC, DCO, Apple, Pear, Chestnut, and other select trees, will be freed from competition. Some trees will be cut and left to coppice for browse, while others will be cut and treated with Tordon RTU. Trees that have co-mingling roots, like a mulberry growing out of a tubed Chestnut, will be treated with Glyphosate so not to risk injury to the good tree..
This HP is producing too much shade. It was planted to out compete Johnson Grass, but now it's out competing 10' oaks.
Walnut competing with oak. Walnut is invasive, and kills other trees, particularly pine and apple, so all walnut is marked to be cut.
This HP is producing too much shade. It was planted to out compete Johnson Grass, but now it's out competing 10' oaks.
Walnut competing with oak. Walnut is invasive, and kills other trees, particularly pine and apple, so all walnut is marked to be cut.
shedder
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I will try to get pix when I am back there. I don't remember berries but I didn't look close. At least, it appears native and is not the dreaded buckthorn as I feared.
CentralKyHunter
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Mulberry's looking good. I finally got a ew planted this year and want to plant more this spring
I just drove over to Pleasant Hope, 5 miles NE, and it was pouring rain. Drove home, not a drop. I have apricot trees that have shed all their leaves and nuts are looking like a bust unless I get rain soon. I'll be posting drought pics tonight. Come on RAIN!
