Wildlife Foods Flashcards
Box Elder
Buffer Mast
Low Food Quality
Low Elevation Habitat
Squirrels
Black Locust
Buffer Mast
High Food Quality
High Nitrogen Content
American Beech
Hard Mast
High Food Quality
Moist Northern Slopes; Midwestern Forests
Black Bears
(Spiky Capsules; Elongated Golden Buds)
Norway Spruce
Buffer Mast
High Food Quality
Privet
Soft Mast
Low Food Quality
Invasive
Sugar Maple
Buffer Mast
Medium Food Quality
High Elevation Habitat
Squirrels/Chipmunks
Pokeberry
Soft Mast
High Food Quality
Birds And Mammals
Eastern Hemlock
Buffer Mast
High Food Quality
Wooly Adelgid
Wild Grape
Soft Mast
High Food Quality
Birds And Mammals
(Purple With White Bloom)
Japanese Barberry
Soft Mast
Low Food Quality
Mockingbirds/Thrushes
Ornamental
Tulip Poplar
Buffer Mast
Medium Food Quality
(Small Seeds)
Oriental Bittersweet
Soft Mast
Low Food Quality
Birds
Invasive
Sumac
Soft Mast
Low Food Quality
(Red Fuzzy Berries In Tiny Clumps)
White Oak
Hard Mast
High Food Quality
Valuable Wildlife Food
(Bumpy/Warty Caps; Elongated Nuts)
Northern Red Oak
Hard Mast
Medium Food Quality
High Elevation; Moist Habitat
(Beret Caps; High Tannin Content; 2 Year Maturation)
Hickory
Hard Mast
High Food Quality
Turkey
Chestnut Oak
Hard Mast
Drier Habitat
(Funnel Caps; Mature Annually)
Black Oak
Hard Mast
Drier Habitat
(Caps Extend Lower Than The N. Red Oak; Rough, Dry Feel)
Greenbrier (Smilax)
Soft Mast
Low Food Quality
Birds
(Thorns On Branches)
Buckeye
Hard Mast
High Quality Food
Sweet Gum
Buffer Mast
Low Food Quality
Goldfinches
(Small Spiky Balls; Tiny Seeds)
Alder
Buffer Mast
Medium Food Quality
Wetland Habitat
Nitrogen Fixers
Honey Locust
Buffer Mast
High Food Quality
High Nitrogen Content
(Large Pods)
Flowering Dogwood
Soft Mast
High Food Quality
High In Fat, Phosphorus, And Calcium
Juniper (Eastern Red Cedar)
Soft Mast
Low Food Quality
Open Fields; Soils With Heavy Lime Content
Crab Apples
Soft Mast
High Food Quality
Bear
Southern Red Oak
Hard Mast
Medium Food Quality
Warm, Low Elevation Habitat
(Smallest Acorn; 2 Year Maturatio; High Tannin Content)
White Pine Cone
Buffer Mast
High Food Quality
Nuthatch
Scarlet Oak
Hard Mast
Drier Habitat
(Smooth, Dry, Shiny Cap; 2 Year Maturation; High Tannin Content)
Sassafras
Soft Mast
Low Food Quality
(Purple Fruit On Red Stems)
American Chestnut
Hard Mast
High Quality Food
(Very Spiky)
Millet
Buffer Mast
High Food Quality
Ruffed Grouse/Turkey
Poison Ivy
Soft Mast
High Food Quality
Thrushes
Native
Horse Nettle
Soft Mast
Low Food Quality
Quail/Turkey
Native, Herbaceous Plant
(Look Like Little Tomatoes)
Sourwood
Buffer Mast
Low Quality Food
Black Walnut
Hard Mast
Rich Bottomland Habitat
Squirrels
Multiflora Rose
Soft Mast
Low Food Quality
Birds
Invasive
(Clusters Of Shiny Red Berries; Thorny)
American Holly
Soft Mast
Low Food Quality
Sycamore
Buffer Mast
Low Food Quality
Floodplains; Riparian Areas
