Steve is a fifth generation California agriculturalist and fourth generation cattle rancher, but his efforts extend far beyond his own fencerows. |
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Buck rubs were a common sight on fruit trees and saplings in the fencerows and woodlots. |
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It invades old fields as well as woodlots, and has been reported along roads, utility corridors and fencerows. |
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Perennial weeds often occur first at the edges of crop fields, near fencerows and wooded areas. |
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There are trout streams and ponds, horses galore, charming footbridges, and miles of glorious fencerows to explore. |
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Dispersal rates were higher in forest and edge habitats than they were in fencerows. |
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For example, chipmunks and white-footed mice in an agricultural landscape used wooded fencerows to travel between forest patches. |
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The texture of abandoned fields and fencerows is imparted mainly by the cluttered verticality of grassblades, and the scrawny wiriness of tough-stemmed, small-leafed weeds. |
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The stones are piled in crude fencerows that now mark the perimeter of our land, while iron harrow teeth, pieces of chain and horseshoes rust away in the fields. |
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Cattle and pine plantations have replaced the pea patches, gardens, and cornfields, and few of the fencerows that once divided these small farms are still visible. |
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For example, resident chipmunks in an agricultural landscape used wooded fencerows as habitat, while transient chipmunks used fencerows to travel between forest patches. |
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To get the most from nature, CSIRO research shows farmers need to conserve native vegetation on the farm and revegetate on-farm areas like fencerows. |
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Along the fencerows and in the woods, foliage of garlic mustard, sweet rocket, sedum, leafcup, henbit, hepatica and wild ginger hold on against the frost. |
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