Relationships of
Vertebrate Animals
to this Plant:
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Elytrigia spp. (Wheatgrass) [Poaceae]
(this observation is from Martin et al.; most taxonomists have assigned North American wheatgrass species to Elymus & Pascopyrum, but Mohlenbrock doesn't; the non-native quackgrass, Elytrigia repens, has been assigned to this genus by the latter taxonomist as well. Old World wheatgrass species are still classified as Agropyron spp.)
Mammals
Cervidae: Alces americanus (American Moose) [feeds on the foliage of these grasses from Maine to Michigan during the summer] MZN1951, Cervus canadensis (Elk) [foliage of these grasses provides 0.8% of the diet] SMA2006