[obol] Re: Question about usefulness of coyote brush for birds.
- From: David Bailey <davidcbaileyoregon@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 22:29:53 -0800
*Jeff,*
*The northern limit of Baccharis pilularis--coyote brush is in the very
southeast portion of Washington State, I think around North Head. In
Tillamook County in Oregon it grows fairly abundantly on the steep sea
cliffs of Neakannie Mountain where many individuals can be seen from the
road as you come up from Manzanita along US-101 into the southern part of
Oswald West State Park. The species can also be found at Tillamook Head. It
is quite common around the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport too. I
think it provides good cover for birds in the fairly open habitat where it
occurs in Oregon. I am not certain how buggy it is or if its seeds are
important in the diet of any birds. David*
*David C. Bailey *
*Seaside, Oregon*
*Subject: Question about usefulness of coyote brush for birds.*
> Date: Fri Nov 15 2013 23:19 pm
> From: jeffgilligan10 AT gmail.com
>
> Baccharis pilularis DC. coyote brush
>
>
> I am planning to plant coyote brush in a disturbed area in Depoe Bay. The
> site is raised, rocky fill next to a public sidewalk.
> I was a bit surprised to find it growing along the side of a raised dirt road
> not far from the ocean there.
> I typically associate the bush with the southern Oregon coast and further
> south in California.
> The site where I plan to plant it has a few volunteers of the species already.
> The site has previously been weed-whacked every year, but the volunteers have
> grown about two feet in the first year.
>
>
> Questions:
>
>
> Do any Oregon birders find it to be good habitat? Written sources say it
> blooms late in summer, attracting insects and birds.
>
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> How far north has anyone found it? I don't think I have seen it in Tillamook
> County.
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>
> Thanks
>
>
> Jeff Gilligan
>
>
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