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Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Plants Bears Eat
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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 |
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Did You Know?
In 1899, an earthquake measuring 8.4 on the Richter Scale so shook the glaciers in Glacier Bay, the budding tourism industry nearly died. There was so much ice in the water from the shattered glaciers, visitors to Glacier Bay did not return to for over ten years.
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Last Updated: July 24, 2006 at 22:37 EST |