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Relationships of
Vertebrate Animals
to this Plant:

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Tridens flavus
(Purpletop) [Poaceae]
(observations are from Martin et al. and Whitaker)

Birds

Emberizidae: Junco hyemalis (Dark-eyed Junco) [seeds comprise 0.5-2% of the diet in NE USA] MZN1951, Spizelloides arborea (American Tree Sparrow) [seeds comprise 0.5-2% of the diet in NE USA] MZN1951

Mammals
Sciuridae:
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus (Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel) [seeds comprise 0.8% of the diet by volume and 1.5% by frequency in Indiana] Wh1972
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