Appendices & Glossary - Botanical Research Institute of Texas

1286 APPENDIX NINETEEN/NATIVE PLANTS IMPORTANT TO WILDLIFE IN EAST TEXAS
11) For tall-growing plants, they should not produce inhibitors that prevent other plant species
from growing beneath them.
12) Preferably, non-poisonous to man and livestock.
C. DESIRABLE CHARACTERISTICS OF NATIVE PLANT ASSOCIATIONS
1) Plants should be of the same local climatic and ecological region, topography, and soil conditions.
2) Plants should be noncompetitive, i.e., compatible.
3) The association should cover as much area as possible (overlapping canopies).
4) The association should form at least 2 canopy layers above the soil surface.
5) Plants should include a mixture of physical and habit forms, e.g., deciduous, evergreen, tree,
shrub, vine, forb, grass.
6) The association should provide annual, all-season fruits.
7) The association should provide areas of adequate cover.
8) Some components of the association should establish quickly and provide rapid growth.
9) Selected plants should include at least one nitrogen-fixing species, if feasible.
10) Planting should be arranged in irregular groups rather than uniform rows so that the association
will produce a more natural form.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I sincerely appreciate the biological and editorial expertise of four colleagues who read the manuscript
and offered valuable suggestions and comments. They are: Timothy J. Bister, Fisheries Biologist, Tyler;
Carl D. Frentress, Waterfowl Biologist, Athens; Harry H. Haucke, Manager of the Gus Engeling Wildlife
Management Area, Tennessee Colony; and James H. Yantis, District 5 Wildlife Biologist, retired.
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