NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Research Report GRTE-N-1
The Elk of Grand Teton and Southern Yellowstone National Parks 		NPS Logo

APPENDIX V
Plants averaging 5 percent or more of the recorded use or used at 25 percent or more of the elk feeding sites on the bunchgrass-Shrub type (percent/frequency).
PlantsWinter Spring
Bluebunch wheatgrass47/9035/100
Needle-and-thread11/655/58
Bluegrass9/5323/100
Ricegrass3/334/54
Total grass7275

Balsamroot
8/29
Aster
2/41
Bastard toadflax
1/25
Total forbs214

Douglas rabbitbrush12/763/33
Rubber rabbitbrush4/45
Winterfat2/33
Fringed sagewort1/43
Leptodactylon
4/29
Phlox
2/33
Total shrubs2611

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