Archive for the ‘Wildlife habitat’ Category

Plant Biodiversity Wildlife Biodiversity

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Plant biodiversity has a direct effect on wildlife biodiversity
The loss of biodiversity in an area will, in almost every case, begin with the loss of botanical diversity. It is really pretty simple. The wildlife that inhabits a region will be there primarily because of the food supply and cover provided by native plants in [...]

September 5, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Biodiversity, Wildlife habitat, plant biodiversity, wildlife biodiversity  One Comment

Native habitats and evolving lawn and landscape cultures

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Lawn Culture
Everyone loves a beautiful, freshly cut green lawn, well, almost everyone. More and more people are moving away from the traditional large grass covered areas, opting instead to use more trees, shrubs, and other plants, and they are “going native” with the varieties.
I suspect that this trend will continue, as water [...]

August 30, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Backyard habitat, Backyard habitat information, Biodiversity, Biodiversity and pest control, Environment, Exotic plants, Habitat, Habitat Management, Invasive plants, Landscapes, Lawns, Native habitat, Native landscapes, Native plants, Non native plants, Preserving biodiversity, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife habitat  2 Comments

Environmental Services |Exotic Vegetation Management

Environmental Services: Exotic Vegetation Management
It’s a fact of life.
Plants move. They migrate from one area to another using a bewildering variety of locomotion methods. Sometimes they travel by hitch hiking on people or animals, sometimes by wind or water, but travel they do.
If there is an invasive plant in your area, the chances are pretty [...]

September 7, 2008  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Biodiversity, Biodiversity Services, Environmental services, Exotic Vegetation Management, Exotic plant migration, Exotic plants, Green services, Habitat, Habitat Management, Invasive plants, Invasive species, Native habitat, Native plants, Non native plants, Wildlife habitat  No Comments

What Is A Backyard Habitat?

A backyard habitat is a small scale wildlife refuge. Think of it as the “Great Outdoors” in miniature! It can be something as small as a few square feet for a butterfly garden, or a bird bath and feeder, or a full scale habitat, comprising an acre or more, and attracting all sorts of native [...]

September 4, 2008  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Backyard habitat, Backyard habitat help, Backyard habitat information, Habitat Management, Habitat requirements, Wildlife, Wildlife habitat  One Comment

Why Create a Backyard Habitat?

There are a lot of great reasons to create a backyard habitat. This list offers some of the more obvious ones:

A love of wildlife.

If you are a nature lover, why not create some in your backyard? When we say create, we really mean cooperate. When working on such a project, we are merely filling in [...]

September 3, 2008  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Backyard habitat, Backyard habitat help, Backyard habitat information, Biodiversity, Environmental services, Malaria, Mosquito Control, Mosquitoes, Native habitat, Native plants, Public Health, Wildlife, Wildlife habitat  One Comment

Backyard Habitat Project | Where do I start? Be DIRECT

Well, we are talking about backyard habitats, so, it would seem reasonable to start there! It really doesn’t have to be a backyard, it can be a front yard, or on the side of your home, or an unused lot. In other words, it can be almost any where.
The place to begin, is in determining [...]

September 3, 2008  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Backyard habitat, Backyard habitat help, Backyard habitat information, Biodiversity, DIRECT aproach, Habitat Management, Habitat requirements, Native habitat, Native plants, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife habitat  2 Comments

Our DIRECT Approach to Creating a Backyard Habitat

There are many ways you can approach your backyard habitat project, some of them can be a little confusing. We have developed the following approach. We even created an acronym to make it easy to remember. D-I-R-E-C-T:
Decide>Identify>Remove>Encourage>Construct>Transplant

Decide what you want to accomplish.

Is this to be a bird sanctuary, a small animal habitat, or do you [...]

September 3, 2008  Tags: , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Backyard habitat, Backyard habitat help, Backyard habitat information, Cover, DIRECT aproach, Exotic plants, Food, Habitat, Habitat requirements, Invasive plants, Invasive species, Native habitat, Native plants, Non native plants, Water, Wildlife, Wildlife habitat  One Comment

Basic Native Backyard Habitat Requirements

To establish a wildlife friendly habit for your backyard project, there are 3 main components:

Water: All life needs water. Without it survival is impossible. To be able to attract wildlife, there will need to be an ample supply on hand and available for the animals you are trying to attract. This can be attained in [...]

August 31, 2008  Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Backyard habitat, Cover, Food, Habitat requirements, Native habitat, Native plants, Real Estate, Water, Wildlife habitat  One Comment

Backyard Habitat Project Shrubs, Vines And Other Plants

The dominiant species of the understory for this project is American Beutyberry, others include:

American beutyberry Callicarpas americanis

Muscadine Vitis Rotundifolia

Summer Grape Vitis aestivalis

Peppervine Ampelopsis arboria
Wax Myrtle Myrica cerifera

August 19, 2008  Tags: ,   Posted in: Backyard habitat, Biodiversity, Cover, Native habitat, Native plants, Shrubs, Vines, Wildlife habitat  No Comments