The Narrowleaf Firethorn Seeds as Food for Wildlife

Abstract

It is to be desirable for plants feeding wildlife that they can retain their fruits, nuts, seeds, and berries as far as winter when food for wildlife is most scanty. Most plants usually shake off their fruits or nuts in this season. The Narrowleaf Firethorn, Pyracantha angustifolia Schneider, which is wellknown as a garden plant by the name of "Pyracanthas" can, in this connection, actually satisfy the above mentioned desire. Flocks of birds, in particular, bulbuls, jays, thrushes, and others of like size are usually seen pecking the seeds of the plants during the period of privation, that is, January and February.