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Relationships of
Vertebrate Animals
to this Plant:

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Elymus canadensis
(Canada Wild Rye) [Poaceae]
(observations are from Lindroth & Batzli and Whitaker)

Mammals

Cricetidae: Microtus pennsylvanicus (Meadow Vole) [shoots of this plant comprise 0.9% of the diet] LB1984; Sciuridae:
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus (Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel) [this grass comprises 1.2% of the diet by volume and 3% by frequency in Indiana] Wh1972
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