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GRTE-N-1
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Research Report GRTE-N-1
The Elk of Grand Teton and Southern Yellowstone National Parks
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APPENDIX VII
Plants averaging 5 or more of the elk (percent/frequency
percent or more of the recorded use or used at 25 percent feeding sites
on the deciduous and coniferous forest types and * less than 5
percent).
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Deciduous forest
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Coniferous forest
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Winter | Spring |
Summer | Winter |
Spring | Summer | Fall |
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Bluegrass | 33/75 | 24/56 | 2/59 |
| 1/28 |
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Needlegrass | 3/25 |
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| */27 |
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Wheatgrass | 1/75 | 5/56 | 5/65 | 9/56 |
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Brome | */25 | 6/62 | 10/70 | 1/25 |
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Ricegrass | */25 |
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Sedge | 2/50 | 6/56 | 6/59 | 18/66 | 19/78 | 6/38 | 51/89 |
Rush | */25 |
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Pinegrass |
| 5/19 | 1/41 | 5/25 | 18/67 | 1/31 |
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Oniongrass |
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| 1/35 |
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Oatgrass |
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| 2/25 |
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Wild Rye |
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| 1/25 |
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Total Grass | 43 | 50 | 25 | 37 | 40 | 10 | 52 |
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Lupine | 3/75 | 1/37 | 1/47 |
| 2/39 | 6/61 | 3/33 |
Aster | 1/50 | 11/69 | 13/70 | 6/78 | 6/67 | 9/42 | 4/44 |
Goldenrod | */25 |
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Sweetclover | 1/50 |
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Horsetail | */25 |
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Parsley |
| 2/50 |
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| */28 |
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Clover |
| 4/37 |
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Dandelion |
| 5/62 | 6/59 |
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| 11/46 |
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Strawberry |
| 1/31 |
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Geranium |
| 8/50 | 2/59 |
| 3/44 | 2/35 |
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Agoseris |
| 4/44 | 5/47 |
| 2/39 | 4/27 |
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Cinquefoil |
| 1/25 |
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Buckwheat |
| 1/25 |
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Microseris |
| 1/31 | 1/29 |
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Yarrow |
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| 1/53 |
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Harebell |
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| 3/47 |
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Bedstraw |
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| 1/29 |
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Violet |
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| 1/25 |
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Balsamroot |
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| 1/44 | 2/33 |
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Arnica |
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| 11/44 |
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Fireweed |
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| 1/27 |
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Total Forbs | 6 | 49 | 50 | 9 | 39 | 47 | 8 |
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Willow | 14/50 |
| 2/33 |
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Narrowleaf cottonwood | 10/50 |
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Aspen | 8/25 | 12/35 | 5/44 |
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Silverberry | 5/75 |
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Serviceberry | 4/25 |
| 4/55 |
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Bitterbrush | 3/50 |
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Russet buffaloberry | 2/50 |
| 6/55 |
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Silver sagebrush | 2/25 |
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Kinnikinnick | 1/50 |
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Rose | 1/50 |
| 2/66 |
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Honeysuckle | 1/50 | 3/25 | 2/25 |
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Snowberry |
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| 3/44 |
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Chokecherry |
| 2/25 | 11/33 |
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Oregon grape |
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| 2/44 |
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| 2/55 |
Lodgepole pine |
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| 2/33 |
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Limber pine |
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| 2/33 |
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Big sagebrush |
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| 1/25 |
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Douglas-fir |
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| */44 |
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Snowbush |
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| 5/28 |
| 8/22 |
Spirea |
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| 7/28 | 14/42 | 10/78 |
Huckleberry |
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| 5/10 | 12/50 | 5/44 |
Pachystima |
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| 5/19 | 13/44 |
Gooseberry |
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| 3/25 |
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Pipsissewa |
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| 1/33 |
Total Shrubs | 51 | 1 | 25 | 54 | 21 | 43 | 40 |
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