Rabbits like to take shelter in brushpiles. Brushpiles are best made by placing smaller brush over several firm, large logs, which provide support. The larger logs also keep the brush off the ground, preventing its rapid deterioration. Shrubs that provide good cover are multiflora rose, autumn olive and tartarian honeysuckle. Many conifers also produce fine cover, including white, red, Scotch, Virginia, Australian and mugho pines, and Norway spruce.
Coniferous plantings require maintenance to remain good cover areas.
Information on the best methods of planting, spacing and maintaining plants for food and cover is available from the Game Commission. Most of Pennsylvania's small game is produced on private land, and the key to a larger rabbit population is more habitat improvement by private landowners.