Relationships of
Vertebrate Animals
to this Plant:
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Claytonia virginica (Spring Beauty) [Portulacaceae]
(observations are from Wrazen & Sevendsen and Augustine)
Mammals
Cervidae: Odocoileus virginianus (White-tailed Deer) [this plant is rarely eaten] Agn1997; Cricetidae: Peromyscus leucopus (White-footed Mouse) [corms comprise 0.5-2% of the diet in E USA] MZN1951; Sciuridae: Tamias striatus (Eastern Chipmunk) [feeds on corms] WS1978