[pbs] Arisaema and rodents
Jane McGary
janemcgary at earthlink.net
Thu Apr 10 21:21:57 EDT 2008
Paul wrote,
I know definitely that mice eat the flowers of
>my hellebores and squirrels eat the crocus bulbs though I have yet to
>identify what the rabbits, foxes and badgers eat. Pheasants and pigeons
>eat the
>leaves of crocuses.
Here, rabbits eat the leaves of crocuses in preference to anything else
growing around them. The main predators of crocus corms are voles and field
mice. Nothing eats hellebore flowers here.
Jane McGary
Northwestern Oregon, USA
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