Originally Posted By: Adam Stinson
Some of you Southern bird hunters should recognize this plant. This is partridge pea... one the best plants for quail (food in the winter and brood rearing cover in summer). We used to have a plot of it here and when they logged off the longleaf pines, the plot exploded into the biggest patch of partridge pea I ever seen. A covey of bobwhites is always nearby.


Here in Nebraska we refer to this plant as lespedeza and you are correct, it is awesome quail cover and feed.