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Plants Bears Eat

BEAR FOODS LIST (PLANTS)

Genus/species

Common Name

Season

Actea rubra

Baneberry

?

Angelica genuflexa

Kneeling angelica

Sp, Su, F

Angelica lucida

Sea-Watch

Sp, Su, F

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Kinnikinnick

Su, F

Aruncus dioicus

Goat's beard

Sp

Athyrium filix-femina

Lady Fern

Sp

Barbarea orthoceras

American Wintercress

?

Bochnakia rossica

Northern Groundcone

Sp, Su, F

Calamagrostis canadensis

Bluejoint

Sp

Carex lyngbyei

Lyngby's Sedge

Sp

Carex macrochaeta

Long-awned Sedge

Sp

Carex mertensiana

Merten's Sedge

Sp

Conioselinum chinense

Pacific Hemlock-Parsley

Su, F

Deschampsia caespitosa

Hairgrass

Sp

Empetrum nigrum

Crowberry

F

Equisetum arvense

Common Horsetail

Sp, Su

Fragaria chiloensis

Coastal Strawberry

Su, F

Hedysarum alpinum

Alpine Sweet-vetch

Sp, Su, F

Heracleum lanatum

Cowparsnip

Sp, Su, F

Hordeum brachyantherum

Meadow Barley

Sp

Lathyrus maritimus

Beach Pea

Sp

Ligusticum hultenii

Beach Lovage

Su, F

Lysichiton americanum

Skunk Cabbage

Sp

Lupinus nootkatensis

Nootka Lupine

Sp, Su

Opoplanax horridum

Devil's Club

F

Osmorhiza depauperata

Blunt-fruited Sweet Cicely

Sp, Su

Oxytropis campestris

Field Oxytrope

Sp, Su

Plantago maritima

Goose-tongue

Sp

Puccinellia nutkaensis

Pacific Alkaligrass

Sp

Ribes sp.

Currants

F

Rosa nutkana

Nootka Rose

F

Rubus arcitcus

Nagoonberry

F

Rubus parviflorus

Thimbleberry

F

Rubus spectabilis

Salmonberry

F

Sambucus racemosa

Red Elderberry

F

Shepherdia canadensis

Soapberry

F

Stellaria calycantha

Northern Starwort

?

Streptopus amplexifolius

Twisted Stalk

Sp, Su, F

Taraxacum sp.

Dandelion

Sp

Triglochin maritimum

Arrowgrass

Sp

Vaccinium sp.

Blue/Huckleberries

F

Viburnum edule

High-bush Cranberry

F

Hoary Marmot  

Did You Know?
Hoary Marmots can be found outside their permanent, colonial burrows from sea level to mountain tops. To avoid mosquitoes, a universal pest, marmots avoid emerging during calm days.

Last Updated: July 24, 2006 at 22:37 EST