Iowa Wildlife Habitat Services    |   Home Lands For Sale                                                    Pictures of 32 acre Washington county Iowa parcel....                                                     Native white oak are managed for veneer logs and acorn production                            Clover intermixed with the native prairie grasses is superb wildlife food. Indian Grass and other natives, above, press against the timber edge.     A big red oak amidst varied other forest species....                                                                 Timber Stand Improvement has been done to benefit wildlife and high value log species.   Juniper berries (eastern red cedar) are utilized by various birds, rodents and even deer for food at times.   Young forest growth along forest edge provides ideal deer browse.   Waterfowl and shorebirds love wetland...so do pheasants, deer and even turkeys!            Native big bluestem prairie grass, picture at left -- common during the buffalo and Native American days in Iowa--  is all too rare today.  Big bluestem is present on this 32 acre parcel.         Regeneration of native oak species is excellent within the forest on this tract!                                                                         Whitetails are common on this tract.....