Snags

For some wildlife, wood only becomes valuable after death. Many mammals and nearly 40 species of birds in Florida nest in the cavities of standing dead trees, called snags. Leaving dead or dying trees where they stand is one way to help Florida wildlife.

UF/IFAS Sites

• Florida Forest Stewardship: Wildlife Management

UF/IFAS Publications

• Dead Wood: Key to Enhancing Wildlife Diversity in Forests
• Helping Cavity-nesters in Florida
• Helping Our Smallest Falcon: The Southeastern American Kestrel
• Management of Pine Forests for Selected Wildlife in Florida
• Providing Wildlife Cover

Also on Gardening in a Minute

• FYN Principle #5: Attracting Wildlife
• Trees

Other Sites

• Dead Trees as Resources for Forest Wildlife--Ohio State University Extension
• Leave Those Snags and Brush Piles in the Woods--New Hampshire Cooperative Extension
• Snags and Downed Logs--North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service (PDF)