Fruit Type & Wildlife/Human Value Flashcards
red maple
samara (songbirds, fox)
painted buckeye
capsule (squirrels) (poisonous to humans)
devil’s walking stick
purple drupe (poisonous to humans)
dwarf pawpaw
berry (squirrels)
persimmon
berry (raccoon, fox)
lespedeza (aka bush clover)
legume (quail)
sourwood
capsule
pitch pine
cone: flat scale (songbirds, squirrels)
loblolly pine
cone: flat scale (songbirds, squirrels)
Virginia pine
cone: flat scale (songbirds, squirrels)
black cherry
dark purple drupe (songbirds, black bear)
white oak
nut (most valuable to wildlife) (raccoon, squirrel, bear)
southern red oak
nut (raccoon, squirrel) (poisonous to livestock and humans)
post oak
nut (raccoon, squirrel)
winged sumac
red drupe (rabbits)
poison-ivy
green-white drupe (songbirds)
rusty blackhaw
blue drupe (songbirds)
lodgepole pine
cone: flat
serviceberry
dark purple pome (squirrels, humans)
pignut hickory
nut (squirrels) (not humans)
red hickory
nut (squirrels) (not humans)
mockernut hickory
nut (squirrels, humans)
fringetree
dark blue drupe
dogwood
red drupe (songbirds, turkey)