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FORAGES CONSUMED BY MOOSE 1N ALASKA

This list was produced by Lyle A. Renecker and Charles C. Schwartz and appears in the book Ecology ond Management ofthe North American Moose, compiled and edited by Albert W. Franzmann and Charles C. Schwartz. (Smithsonian lnstitution Press, 1998.) This is by far the most informative and comprehensive moose book in print. It has useful information for everyone.

Common name Scientific name
Trees and shrubs
Red elderberrySambusca racemosa
Moose woodViburnum edule
High bush cranberryViburnum pauciflorum
AlderAlnus spp.
Sitka alderAlnus crispa
BirchBetula sp.
Kenai birchBetula kenaica
Bog birchBetula glandulosa
Dwarf arctic birchBetula nana
Paper birchBetula papyrifera
Labrador-teaLedum sp.

Lowbush cranberryVaccinium vitis-idaea
ServiceberryAmelonchier sp.
Saskatoon serviceberryAmelanchier alnifolia
RoseRosa sp.
Prickly roseRosa acicularis
Red raspberryRosa idaeus
Greene mountain-ashSorbus scopulina
Quaking aspenPopulus tremuloides
CottonwoodPopulus balsamifera
WillowSalix sp.
Greyleaf willowSalix glauca
Richardson willowSalix lanata
Halherds willowSalix hastata
Beaked willowSalix depressa
Scouler willowSalix scouleriana
Littletree willowSalix arbusculoides
Barclay willowSalix barclayi
Sandbar willowSalix interior
Feltleaf willowSalix alaxensis
Planeleaf willowSalix pulchra
Barren-ground willowSalix niphoclada
Tall blueberry willowSalix novae-angliae
CurrantRibes sp.
American red currantRibes triste
American black currantRibes americanum


Bark
BirchBetula sp.
Quaking aspenPopulus tremuloides
CottonwoodPopulus balsamifera
WillowSalix spp.
Forbes
Roundleaf sundewDrosera rotundifolia
RushJuncus spp.
Nootka lupineLupinus nootkatensis
FireweedEpilobium angustifolium
Red willow-herbEpilobium latifolium
Ferns
WoodfernDryopteris sp.
PondweedPotamogenton spp.
CloudberryRubus chamaemorus
BurreedSparganium spp.
Lichens
FoliosePeltigera sp.
FruticoseCladonia sp.
Foliose and fruticose Cetraia sp.
Moss
HorsetailEquisetum spp.
MushroomsBoletus sp.
Grasses and Sedges
GrassGramineae spp.
Sedge Carex spp.

 

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