4. Balsam be good deer browse when eaten in i. 
ooabinatioi • • _ _ 
foods it is ing 
the doer in eood health. 
les 
y 'dc locally lant b. not gi 
• 
Loa in avail f ccr* _pecies i: I 
deer concentration grounds indicates u-s 
'or li- areas. 
-^ 1« — lint of food i tir.s f o..rd in 72 r t !'-'■. r 
collected in northr-astc-m ccta in fall and late in winter 
Food items 
Tall st-rachs 
— 1 
Gcc pccur- 
rences ! Parts eaten 'rences Parts eaten 
Alder ( All , ) 
.pulus 
trearaloider. / . 
3asswood ( Tilia a^oricana) . 
Birchj undet. ( Be- tula sp.). 
oer 
W 
11 
2 
1 
Birch family (3otulaccae x . . 
Birch, paper ( Be tula paoyri - 
f era ) . 
"■'•' i Corais cana- 
densis . 
Cedar, white ( Lhuja occi - 
::talis ) . 
", pin ( Prunus penn-yl - 
. 
Cherry, wild ( Prar.-s sp.) . . 
Clover ( Tri folium sp.). . . . 
posito family (Compoeitae) 
3d ( Cornus cp. ) 
. American '" 
ican.- ' . 
jam ( Ab x lsamca ) . 
gvie (shelf 
• 
rod ( Solidaro sp . ) . . . 
: Vitis sp.) . .' . . . . 
Grapefern C Botryc ... . ' . . 
-neae; 
~ro:.>. dium c_ - 
<r r 
19 
3 
1 
2 
:s, 1c- 
Lea-- 
3ract 
Leaves 
:er 
Lga, leaves 
Leaves, twigs' 
! 
. . do . . . 
Leaves, fr 
Leav 
. . do . . . 
Sec 
I 
Leaves 
. . do 
. . do 
. . do 
1 
a 
20 
41 
12 
Pin -■■ 
B . twigs . 
leaf debr 
bark. 
?wigs. 
?wi£s, le.- 
Leaves, twigs. 
T*i 
: 
3, lea 
Leaves, stems. 
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