Relationships of
Vertebrate Animals
to this Plant:
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Solanum carolinense (Horsenettle) [Solanaceae]
(observations are from Schwartz and Martin et al.)
Birds
Phasianidae: Tympanuchus cupido (Greater Prairie Chicken) [fruits & seeds eaten during fall, winter, & spring for 7 months of the year] Swz1945
Mammals
Mephitidae: Spilogale putorius interrupta (Prairie Spotted Skunk) [fruits comprise 0.5-2% of the diet in Iowa] MZN1951