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Plants Bears Eat

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

Ice  

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.

Last Updated: July 24, 2006 at 22:37 EST