Life History of the Kangaroo Rat by Charles Taylor Vorhies;Walter P. (Walter Penn) Taylor
page 55 of 75 (73%)
page 55 of 75 (73%)
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The following plants not represented in the list stored by the kangaroo rat on the Range Reserve have been found in the cheek pouches or mounds of _spectabilis_ in other localities: _Amaranthus palmeri_, _Sesuvium portulacastrum_, and _Atriplex wrightii_ (alluvial soil of Santa Cruz Valley, Continental, Ariz., Bailey). Cut leaves and stems of a small sagebrush (Franklin Mountains, Tex., Gaut). _Gutierrezia_ heads (San Juan Valley, N. Mex., Birdseye). _Verbesina enceliodes_, _Portulaca oleracea_, _Bouteloua gracilis_, and _Munroa squarrosa_ (Rio Alamosa, N. Mex., Goldman). Tops of buds of _Artemisia filifolia_ (Mesa Jumanes, N. Mex., Gaut). Tumbleweed (_Amaranthus graecizans_), Russian thistle (_Salsola pestifer_), _Munroa squarrosa_, and _Sporobolus cryptandrus strictus_ (Sandia Mountains, Albuquerque, N. Mex., Vorhies). BURROW SYSTEMS, OR DENS. |
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