Buckbrush
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Buckbrush is the common name for several species of North America
n shrubs that deer
feed on, including but probably not limited to:
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
n shrubs that deer
Deer
Deer are the ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. Species in the Cervidae family include white-tailed deer, elk, moose, red deer, reindeer, fallow deer, roe deer and chital. Male deer of all species and female reindeer grow and shed new antlers each year...
feed on, including but probably not limited to:
- Andrachne phyllanthoidesAndrachne phyllanthoidesAndrachne phyllanthoides , Buckbrush or Maidenbush, is a plant of the genus Andrachne, native to the south-central United States. Maidenbush is often found along the sides of old roads or along fence rows. It has small red berries that are slightly poisonous. The berries are only about the size of...
, maidenbrush (south-central U.S.) - Some western North American species of the genus CeanothusCeanothusCeanothus L. is a genus of about 50–60 species of shrubs or small trees in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae. The genus is confined to North America, the center of its distribution in California, with some species in the eastern United States and southeast Canada, and others extending as far south...
- Purshia tridentataPurshia tridentataPurshia tridentata is a nitrogen fixing shrub in the genus Purshia, native to mountainous areas of western North America ranging from southeastern British Columbia in the north, east to Montana and south to California and New Mexico...
and P. stansburianaPurshia stansburianaPurshia stansburyana is a species of flowering plant in the rose family known by the common name Stansbury's cliffrose...
(dry regions of western North America)