Relationships of
Vertebrate Animals
to this Plant:
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Smilax rotundifolia (Round-leaved Greenbrier) [Smilacaceae]
(observations are from DeGraaf and Beal)
Birds
Bombycillidae: Bombycilla cedrorum (Cedar Waxwing) [feeds on the fruits] DGr2002; Cardinalidae: Cardinalis cardinalis (Northern Cardinal) [feeds on the fruits & uses this woody vine for protective cover & nesting habitat] DGr2002; Corvidae: Corvus brachyrhynchos (American Crow) [feeds on the fruits] DGr2002, Corvus ossifragus (Fish Crow) [feeds on the fruits as a preferred source of food] DGr2002; Emberizidae: Passerella iliaca (Fox Sparrow) [feeds on the fruits & uses this woody vine for protective cover] DGr2002, Zonotrichia albicollis (White-throated Sparrow) [feeds on the fruits & uses this woody vine for protective cover] DGr2002; Icteridae: Quiscalus quisculus (Common Grackle) [feeds on the fruits] DGr2002; Mimidae: Dumetella carolinensis (Gray Catbird) [feeds on the fruits as a preferred source of food & uses this woody shrub for protective cover & nesting habitat] DGr2002, Mimus polyglottos (Northern Mockingbird) [feeds on the fruits as a preferred source of food & uses this woody shrub for protective cover & nesting habitat] DGr2002, Toxostoma rufum (Brown Thrasher) [feeds on the fruits & uses this woody shrub for protective cover & nesting habitat] DGr2002; Odontophoridae: Colinus virginianus (Bobwhite Quail) [feeds on the fruits & uses this woody vine for protective cover] DGr2002; Phasianidae: Bonasa umbellus (Ruffed Grouse) [feeds on the fruits as a preferred source of food & uses this woody vine for protective cover] DGr2002, Meleagris gallopavo (Wild Turkey) [feeds on the fruits as a preferred source of food & uses this woody vine for protective cover] DGr2002; Picidae: Colaptes auratus (Northern Flicker) [feeds on the fruits] DGr2002, Dryocopus pileatus (Pileated Woodpecker) [feeds on fruits] DGr2002; Turdidae: Catharus guttatus (Hermit Thrush) [feeds on the fruits] DGr2002, Catharus minimus (Gray-cheeked Thrush) [feeds on the fruits & uses this woody vine for protective cover] DGr2002, Catharus ustulatus (Swainson's Thrush) [feeds on the fruits as a preferred source of food & uses this woody vine for protective cover] DGr2002, Sialia sialis (Eastern Bluebird) [feeds on the fruits, the fruits are eaten rarely] DGr2002 Be1915, Turdus migratorius (American Robin) [feeds on the fruits as a preferred source of food] DGr2002