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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 elderberry Sambusca racemosa
Moose wood Viburnum edule
High bush cranberry Viburnum pauciflorum
Alder Alnus spp.
Sitka alder Alnus crispa
Birch Betula sp.
Kenai birch Betula kenaica
Bog birch Betula glandulosa
Dwarf arctic birch Betula nana
Paper birch Betula papyrifera
Labrador-tea Ledum sp.

 
Lowbush cranberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Serviceberry Amelonchier sp.
Saskatoon serviceberry Amelanchier alnifolia
Rose Rosa sp.
Prickly rose Rosa acicularis
Red raspberry Rosa idaeus
Greene mountain-ash Sorbus scopulina
Quaking aspen Populus tremuloides
Cottonwood Populus balsamifera
Willow Salix sp.
Greyleaf willow Salix glauca
Richardson willow Salix lanata
Halherds willow Salix hastata
Beaked willow Salix depressa
Scouler willow Salix scouleriana
Littletree willow Salix arbusculoides
Barclay willow Salix barclayi
Sandbar willow Salix interior
Feltleaf willow Salix alaxensis
Planeleaf willow Salix pulchra
Barren-ground willow Salix niphoclada
Tall blueberry willow Salix novae-angliae
Currant Ribes sp.
American red currant Ribes triste
American black currant Ribes americanum

 

 

Bark
Birch Betula sp.
Quaking aspen Populus tremuloides
Cottonwood Populus balsamifera
Willow Salix spp.
Forbes
Roundleaf sundew Drosera rotundifolia
Rush Juncus spp.
Nootka lupine Lupinus nootkatensis
Fireweed Epilobium angustifolium
Red willow-herb Epilobium latifolium
Ferns
Woodfern Dryopteris sp.
Pondweed Potamogenton spp.
Cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus
Burreed Sparganium spp.
Lichens
Foliose Peltigera sp.
Fruticose Cladonia sp.
Foliose and fruticose Cetraia sp.  
Moss
Horsetail Equisetum spp.
Mushrooms Boletus sp.
Grasses and Sedges
Grass Gramineae spp.
Sedge Carex spp.
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