Relationships of
Vertebrate Animals
to this Plant:
____________
Elymus spp. (Wild Rye) [Poaceae]
(observations are from Whitaker & Mumford, Whitaker, and Martin et al.)
Birds
Calcaridae: Plectrophenax nivalis (Snow Bunting) [seeds comprise 2-5% of the diet in NE USA during summer] MZN1951
Mammals
Cricetidae: Peromyscus leucopus (White-footed Mouse) [seeds comprise 4.1% of the diet by volume] Wh1966, Peromyscus maniculatus (Deer Mouse) [seeds comprise 0.5% of the diet by volume] Wh1966; Dipodidae: Zapus hudsonius (Meadow Jumping Mouse) [seeds of these grasses comprise 0.8% of the diet volume] WM1970; Muridae: Mus musculus (House Mouse) [seeds comprise 0.5% of the diet by volume] Wh1966