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FORAGES CONSUMED BY MOOSE 1N ALASKA
This list was produced by Lyle A. Renecker and Charles C. Schwartz and appears in the book Ecology ond Management ofthe North American Moose, compiled and edited by Albert W. Franzmann and Charles C. Schwartz. (Smithsonian lnstitution Press, 1998.) This is by far the most informative and comprehensive moose book in print. It has useful information for everyone.
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| Common name |
Scientific name |
| Trees and shrubs |
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| Red elderberry | Sambusca racemosa |
| Moose wood | Viburnum edule |
| High bush cranberry | Viburnum pauciflorum |
| Alder | Alnus spp. |
| Sitka alder | Alnus crispa |
| Birch | Betula sp. |
| Kenai birch | Betula kenaica |
| Bog birch | Betula glandulosa |
| Dwarf arctic birch | Betula nana |
| Paper birch | Betula papyrifera |
| Labrador-tea | Ledum sp. |
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| Lowbush cranberry | Vaccinium vitis-idaea |
| Serviceberry | Amelonchier sp. |
| Saskatoon serviceberry | Amelanchier alnifolia |
| Rose | Rosa sp. |
| Prickly rose | Rosa acicularis |
| Red raspberry | Rosa idaeus |
| Greene mountain-ash | Sorbus scopulina |
| Quaking aspen | Populus tremuloides |
| Cottonwood | Populus balsamifera |
| Willow | Salix sp. |
| Greyleaf willow | Salix glauca |
| Richardson willow | Salix lanata |
| Halherds willow | Salix hastata |
| Beaked willow | Salix depressa |
| Scouler willow | Salix scouleriana |
| Littletree willow | Salix arbusculoides |
| Barclay willow | Salix barclayi |
| Sandbar willow | Salix interior |
| Feltleaf willow | Salix alaxensis |
| Planeleaf willow | Salix pulchra |
| Barren-ground willow | Salix niphoclada |
| Tall blueberry willow | Salix novae-angliae |
| Currant | Ribes sp. |
| American red currant | Ribes triste |
| American black currant | Ribes americanum |
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