Life History of the Kangaroo Rat by Charles Taylor Vorhies;Walter P. (Walter Penn) Taylor
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Lupinus sparsiflorus (flowers) }
Solanum elaeagnifolium (2 fruits) Tr. --- Total 117 Six species represented, some only by leaves or flowers and not by seeds. _Such storage is never in large quantity._ The fresh storage material was weighed after becoming air dry. This illustrates a late spring condition, storage running low. DEN 14. August 8, 1919. Excellent summer growth all over range. This burrow in mixed growth, grasses and weeds. Species stored. Grams. Miscellaneous portions of _green plants_ of mixed species, _no seeds_ 5 Representing minimum for any one of the 22 burrows studied. Active storage does not begin until September. DEN 16. October 17, 1919. In good grass, but mound overrun by a large _Apodanthera_ vine. |
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