Relationships of
Vertebrate Animals
to this Plant:
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Abutilon theophrasti (Velvetleaf) [Malvaceae]
(observations are from Schwartz and Whitaker)
Birds
Phasianidae: Tympanuchus cupido (Greater Prairie Chicken) [seeds eaten during spring for 1 month] Swz1945
Mammals
Cricetidae: Peromyscus leucopus (White-footed Mouse) [seeds comprise 0.4% of the diet by volume] Wh1966