Habitat - Shrublands are a stage in the land's progress back to a forest environment. They rarely cover the land entirely but appear as scattered plants or clumps of brush situated in grasslands, on the sides of hills, along streams, around lakes, and in wet areas. In some places they form dense thickets of shrubs, trees, or weeds. Typical shrubs and thickets include hazelnut, sumac, some dogwoods and willows, chokecherry, alder, red-osier dogwood, and hawthorne.
This habitat is used primarily during the spring and summer months by migrants. Some birds, like the Ring-necked Pheasant and California Quail may be found here year-round.
