Pictures and Descriptions of Important Deer Food Plants

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Pictures and Descriptions of Important Deer Food Plants


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White-Tailed Deer:
Their Foods & Management in the Cross Timbers

Table of Contents & Preface
Introduction

Habitat requirements
   General concepts
   Food requirements
         Methods used to gather data
         Overall use of forage classes
         Seasonal use of forages
         Specific seasonal deer diets
               Spring
               Summer
               Fall
               Winter
               Summary
   Cover requirements
   Water requirements
   Space requirements

Habitat management
   General concepts
   Food management
   Cover management
   Water management
   Space management

Population health/evaluation
   Introduction & aging deer
   Body size & antler characteristics
   Fat deposits
   Reproductive success

Population management
   Introduction
   Population inventory
         Harvest records
         Deer surveys
   Population regulation
         Potential mng't goals

Conclusion/additional info

References

Appendix A:
Plants of the NFWU

Appendix B:
Deer diets on the NFWU

Appendix C:
Pictures and descriptions of
important deer food plants in the
Cross Timbers region

Glossary for Appendix C

Appendix C
Pictures and Descriptions of Important Deer Food Plants in the Cross Timbers Region

This appendix will aid in the field identification of important deer food plants presented in this publication. The plants are arranged alphabetically by family, and then alphabetically within family by genus and species. With the exception of grasses (Gramineae), all of the classifications follow those presented by Taylor and Taylor (1991) in An Annotated List of the Ferns, Fern Allies, Gymosperms and Flowering Plants of Oklahoma. The classification of the grasses follows that presented by Gould (1975) in The Grasses of Texas.

Plants included in this appendix were identified as important deer food plants, either individually or as part of a plant complex. Plants were lumped into complexes when a group of plants were microhistologically indistinguishable or when field identification at the species level was impossible for the growth stage at the time of sampling, thereby making it impossible to estimate availability at the species level. When complexes were reported, all members of the complex found on the NFWU are presented.

Plants by Common Name
Plants by Family
Plants by Scientific Name

The description of plants are organized in the following manner:
Common name(s): The list of common names is relatively comprehensive and includes most of the common names that have been used for a particular plant.

Scientific name(s): The name in bold-faced type is the accepted one according to Taylor and Taylor (1991) or Gould (1975.) Useful synonyms are included in parentheses.

Season(s) of significant use: The season(s) for which a plant or plant complex was found to be an important component of deer diets is reported.

Characteristics: Characteristics important in field identification and the separation of species are included. Flowering and fruiting dates included in this section are given for the plant over its range and are inclusive of those appropriate for all areas in the Cross Timbers region.

Plant Community type: General information is given about the type of area where a plant grows.

Comments: Management-related comments are given.

Each picture included in this section illustrates one or more identifying field characteristics of a particular plant. When appropriate, variously marked rules were included in the pictures for size referencing. The increments on these rules are indicated with the following pictures.

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