Relationships of
Vertebrate Animals
to this Plant:
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Pinus rigida (Pitch Pine) [Pinaceae]
(observations are from DeGraaf)
Birds
Anatidae: Aix sponsa (Wood Duck) [feeds on the seeds] DGr2002; Bombycillidae: Bombycilla cedrorum (Cedar Waxwing) [feeds on the seeds] DGr2002; Certhiidae: Certhia americana (Brown Creeper) [feeds on the seeds as a preferred source of food] DGr2002; Columbidae: Zenaida macroura (Mourning Dove) [feeds on the seeds & uses this tree for protective cover & nest sites] DGr2002; Emberizidae: Junco hyemalis (Dark-eyed Junco) [feeds on the seeds] DGr2002, Pipilo erythrophthalmus (Eastern Towhee) [feeds on the seeds as a preferred source of food] DGr2002; Fringillidae: Coccothraustes vespertinus (Evening Grosbeak) [feeds on the seeds & uses this tree for protective cover] DGr2002, Haemorhous purpureus (Purple Finch) [feeds on the seeds as a preferred source of food & uses this tree for protective cover & nest sites] DGr2002, Loxia curvirostra (Red Crossbill) [feeds on the seeds as a preferred source of food & uses this tree for protective cover & nest sites] DGr2002, Loxia leucoptera (White-winged Crossbill) [feeds on the seeds & uses this tree for protective cover & nest sites] DGr2002, Pinicola enucleator (Pine Grosbeak) [feeds on the seeds & uses this tree for protective cover] DGr2002, Spinus pinus (Pine Siskin) [feeds on the seeds as a preferred source of food & uses this tree for protective cover & nest sites] DGr2002, Spinus tristis (American Goldfinch) [feeds on the seeds] DGr2002; Icteridae: Sturnella magna (Eastern Meadowlark) [feeds on the seeds] DGr2002; Mimidae: Toxostoma rufum (Brown Thrasher) [feeds on the seeds & uses this tree for protective cover & nest sites] DGr2002; Odontophoridae: Colinus virginianus (Bobwhite Quail) [feeds on the seeds as a preferred source of food & uses this tree for protective cover] DGr2002; Paridae: Baeolophus bicolor (Tufted Titmouse) [feeds on seeds & uses this tree for protective cover] DGr2002, Poecile atricapillus (Black-capped Chickadee) [feeds on the seeds as a preferred source of food & uses this tree for protective cover & nest sites in cavities] DGr2002; Parulidae: Setophaga coronata (Yellow-rumped Warbler) [feeds on the seeds & uses this tree for protective cover & nest sites] DGr2002, Setophaga dominica (Yellow-throated Warbler) [uses this tree for protective cover & nest sites] DGr2002, Setophaga fusca (Blackburnian Warbler) [uses this tree for protective cover & nest sites] DGr2002, Setophaga magnolia (Magnolia Warbler) [uses this tree for protective cover & nest sites] DGr2002, Setophaga pinus (Pine Warbler) [feeds on the seeds & uses this tree for protective cover & nest sites] DGr2002; Phasianidae: Meleagris gallopavo (Wild Turkey) [feeds on the seeds as a preferred source of food & uses this tree for protective cover] DGr2002, Phasianus colchicus (Ring-necked Pheasant) [feeds on the seeds] DGr2002; Picidae: Dryocopus pileatus (Pileated Woodpecker) [feeds on the seeds] DGr2002, Melanerpes carolinus (Red-bellied Woodpecker) [feeds on the seeds as a preferred source of food & uses this tree for nest sites in cavities] DGr2002, Picoides villosus (Hairy Woodpecker) [feeds on the seeds & uses this tree for protective cover & nest sites in cavities] DGr2002, Sphyrapicus varius (Yellow-bellied Sapsucker) [feeds on the seeds] DGr2002; Sittidae: Sitta canadensis (Red-breasted Nuthatch) [feeds on the seeds as a preferred source of food & uses this tree for protective cover & nest sites in cavities] DGr2002, Sitta carolinensis (White-breasted Nuthatch) [feeds on the seeds as a preferred source of food & uses this tree for protective cover & nest sites in cavities] DGr2002