Relationships of
Vertebrate Animals
to this Plant:
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Conopholis americana (Squawroot) [Orobanchaceae]
(observations are from Beeman & Pelton and Myers et al.; this plant is also called Cancer-Root)
Mammals
Cervidae: Odocoileus virginianus (White-tailed Deer) [an outside study is cited that deer droppings contained viable seeds of this plant] Myr2004; Ursidae: Ursus americanus (American Black Bear) [feeds on this plant to a major extent in the Appalachian mountains] BP1980