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Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Plants Bears Eat
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BEAR FOODS LIST (PLANTS)
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Genus/species
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Common Name
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Season
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Actea rubra
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Baneberry
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?
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Angelica genuflexa
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Kneeling angelica
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Sp, Su, F
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Angelica lucida
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Sea-Watch
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Sp, Su, F
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Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
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Kinnikinnick
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Su, F
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Aruncus dioicus
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Goat's beard
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Sp
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Athyrium filix-femina
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Lady Fern
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Sp
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Barbarea orthoceras
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American Wintercress
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?
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Bochnakia rossica
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Northern Groundcone
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Sp, Su, F
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Calamagrostis canadensis
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Bluejoint
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Sp
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Carex lyngbyei
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Lyngby's Sedge
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Sp
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Carex macrochaeta
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Long-awned Sedge
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Sp
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Carex mertensiana
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Merten's Sedge
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Sp
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Conioselinum chinense
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Pacific Hemlock-Parsley
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Su, F
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Deschampsia caespitosa
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Hairgrass
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Sp
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Empetrum nigrum
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Crowberry
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F
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Equisetum arvense
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Common Horsetail
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Sp, Su
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Fragaria chiloensis
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Coastal Strawberry
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Su, F
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Hedysarum alpinum
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Alpine Sweet-vetch
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Sp, Su, F
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Heracleum lanatum
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Cowparsnip
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Sp, Su, F
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Hordeum brachyantherum
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Meadow Barley
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Sp
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Lathyrus maritimus
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Beach Pea
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Sp
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Ligusticum hultenii
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Beach Lovage
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Su, F
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Lysichiton americanum
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Skunk Cabbage
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Sp
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Lupinus nootkatensis
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Nootka Lupine
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Sp, Su
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Opoplanax horridum
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Devil's Club
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F
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Osmorhiza depauperata
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Blunt-fruited Sweet Cicely
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Sp, Su
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Oxytropis campestris
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Field Oxytrope
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Sp, Su
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Plantago maritima
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Goose-tongue
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Sp
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Puccinellia nutkaensis
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Pacific Alkaligrass
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Sp
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Ribes sp.
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Currants
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F
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Rosa nutkana
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Nootka Rose
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F
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Rubus arcitcus
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Nagoonberry
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F
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Rubus parviflorus
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Thimbleberry
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F
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Rubus spectabilis
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Salmonberry
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F
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Sambucus racemosa
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Red Elderberry
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F
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Shepherdia canadensis
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Soapberry
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F
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Stellaria calycantha
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Northern Starwort
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?
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Streptopus amplexifolius
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Twisted Stalk
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Sp, Su, F
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Taraxacum sp.
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Dandelion
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Sp
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Triglochin maritimum
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Arrowgrass
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Sp
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Vaccinium sp.
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Blue/Huckleberries
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F
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Viburnum edule
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High-bush Cranberry
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F
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Last Updated: January 31, 2011 at 12:50 MST |