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- Title
Urban White-tailed Jackrabbits {Lepus townsendii) Eat Spike Plants (Cordyline australis) in Winter.
- Authors
BEAUDOIN, ALWYNNE B.; BEAUDOIN, YVES
- Abstract
We observed White-tailed Jackrabbits (Lepus townsendii) eating spike plants (Cordyline australis), a non-native ornamental garden plant, in our front yard within the city of Edmonton, Alberta. We have noted this persistent behaviour every winter between 2006-2007 and 2011-2012. By late January, the plants were usually eaten right down to the stem base. We suggest that the White-tailed Jackrabbits turn to this food source in winter when more preferred foods are lacking, are in short supply, or are not as readily accessible. Our observations add another plant species to the list of non-native plants consumed by White-tailed Jackrabbits.
- Subjects
EDMONTON (Alta.); ALBERTA; WHITE-tailed jackrabbit; CORDYLINE australis; WINTER; URBAN animals; ORNAMENTAL plants
- Publication
Canadian Field-Naturalist, 2012, Vol 126, Issue 2, p157
- ISSN
0008-3550
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.22621/cfn.v126i2.1333