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Relationships of
Vertebrate Animals
to this Plant:

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Panicum virgatum
(Switchgrass) [Poaceae]
(observations are from Lewis and Schneider et al.)

Birds

Columbidae: Zenaida macroura (Mourning Dove) [seeds of major importance as a source of food] Lws1993

Mammals
Cervidae:
Cervus canadensis (Elk) [the foliage of this grass provides 1.2% of the diet] SMA2006
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