REINDEER m ALASKA. 



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Table 1.- 



-Summary of principal forage types occurring on the coast reindeer 

 range between Nunivak Island, and Kotzebue Sound. 



Type. 



Subtype. 



Average 

 forage 

 value.i 



Distribution. 







5.00 

 5.25 

 5.50 

 4.25 

 6.00 



5.70 

 6.35 

 4.95 

 3.20 

 3.20 

 3.90 

 2.50 

 4.45 

 3.50 

 5.40 

 4.00 



5.00 

 3.00 



Ridges and interior hills; fall and winter range. 



Do 



Sedge 



Do. 



Do 





Do. 



Do 



Grass 



Do. 







Tundra types — on flats, benches, and lower slopes; 



Do . - 



Browse 



summer and fall range. 

 Do. 



Do 



Lichen 



Do. 



Do 



Grass 



Do. 







Along rivers and creeks. 



Do 



Grass 



Do. 



Do 



Browse 



Do. 



Do 



Lichen 



Do. 







Slopes and ridges; summer range. 

 Do. 



Do 



Grass 



Do ... 



Sedge 



Do. 







Over relatively small areas on sandy spits; coast 

 types of summer range. 



Do 



Browse 



Do 



Weed 



Do. 









1 Derived by multiplying the percentage of density of forage stand by the percentage of palatable plants . 



Table 2. — Siimmary of principal forage types occurring on some of the far in- 

 terior reindeer ranges, particularly over the Broad Pass, Gulkana, and Tangle 

 Lakes region. 



Type. 



Subt3rpe. 



Average 

 forage 

 value.i 



Distribution. 



Lichen . 





5.75 

 6.50 



4.80 

 6.00 

 6.40 

 6.50 



6.15 

 6.65 

 6.85 

 5.40 





Do 





Ridges, upper slopes and benches, and glacial 



canyons. 

 Upper steep slopes. 

 Foothills of upper drainages. 



Do 



Browse, weed 



Grass 



Do 



Browse 





Do 



Lichen 



Lower ridges and slopes, and shallow draws of 



benchlands. 

 Old burns, and in open parks in timber. 

 Lower slopes. 



Do 





Do 



Weed 



Grass 





Conifer 



Browse . . 



Along draws and around lakes. 







1 Derived as in Table 1. 



FORAGE GRAZED BY REINDEER. 



A complete list of the range forage plants observed and collected 

 on the reindeer ranges in Alaska will be found on pages 70 to 74. 

 The forage plants observed to be grazed by the reindeer during both 

 summer and winter on the coast ranges are summarized in Tables 

 3 and 4, in which the species are grouped according to the propor- 

 tions they form of the forage eaten, those in the " first series " being 

 most generally used ; the " second series " being next in importance ; 

 and the " third series " those which are grazed only incidentally. 



The forage in the first series is of generally high palatability and 

 the most extensively grazed, not only because of this but because of 



