Native Plant Management
Native grasses and plants are not only good for wildlife they are also practical and attractive. For the farmer, native warm-season grasses provide excellent livestock forage during the summer months when cool-season grasses are dormant.
Most of Missouri’s wildlife requires a diverse habitat. Re-establishing native plants on your acreage or farm will bless small wildlife and ground-nesting birds with a multitude of benefits throughout the year.
Native grasses and plants are not only good for wildlife, they are also practical and attractive. For the farmer, native warm-season grasses provide excellent livestock forage during the summer months when cool-season grasses are dormant.
This is a page about establishing native warm-season grasses.
Wild and cultivated ginseng produce an annual crop in the United States and Canada valued in excess of $25 million. However, collecting it is a criminal act in Missouri and many other states unless you own the land or have permission to dig. This page discusses how to cultivate woods-grown ginseng.