Wildlife Foods

Question 1

Answer 1

Box Elder

Buffer Mast

Low Food Quality

Low Elevation Habitat

Squirrels

Question 2

Answer 2

Black Locust

Buffer Mast

High Food Quality

High Nitrogen Content

Question 3

Answer 3

American Beech

Hard Mast

High Food Quality

Moist Northern Slopes; Midwestern Forests

Black Bears

(Spiky Capsules; Elongated Golden Buds)

Question 4

Answer 4

Norway Spruce

Buffer Mast

High Food Quality

Question 5

Answer 5

Privet

Soft Mast

Low Food Quality

Invasive

Question 6

Answer 6

Sugar Maple

Buffer Mast

Medium Food Quality

High Elevation Habitat

Squirrels/Chipmunks

Question 7

Answer 7

Pokeberry

Soft Mast

High Food Quality

Birds And Mammals

Question 8

Answer 8

Eastern Hemlock

Buffer Mast

High Food Quality

Wooly Adelgid

Question 9

Answer 9

Wild Grape

Soft Mast

High Food Quality

Birds And Mammals

(Purple With White Bloom)

Question 10

Answer 10

Japanese Barberry

Soft Mast

Low Food Quality

Mockingbirds/Thrushes

Ornamental

Question 11

Answer 11

Tulip Poplar

Buffer Mast

Medium Food Quality

(Small Seeds)

Question 12

Answer 12

Oriental Bittersweet

Soft Mast

Low Food Quality

Birds

Invasive

Question 13

Answer 13

Sumac

Soft Mast

Low Food Quality

(Red Fuzzy Berries In Tiny Clumps)

Question 14

Answer 14

White Oak

Hard Mast

High Food Quality

Valuable Wildlife Food

(Bumpy/Warty Caps; Elongated Nuts)

Question 15

Answer 15

Northern Red Oak

Hard Mast

Medium Food Quality

High Elevation; Moist Habitat

(Beret Caps; High Tannin Content; 2 Year Maturation)

Question 16

Answer 16

Hickory

Hard Mast

High Food Quality

Turkey

Question 17

Answer 17

Chestnut Oak

Hard Mast

Drier Habitat

(Funnel Caps; Mature Annually)

Question 18

Answer 18

Black Oak

Hard Mast

Drier Habitat

(Caps Extend Lower Than The N. Red Oak; Rough, Dry Feel)

Question 19

Answer 19

Greenbrier (Smilax)

Soft Mast

Low Food Quality

Birds

(Thorns On Branches)

Question 20

Answer 20

Buckeye

Hard Mast

High Quality Food

Question 21

Answer 21

Sweet Gum

Buffer Mast

Low Food Quality

Goldfinches

(Small Spiky Balls; Tiny Seeds)

Question 22

Answer 22

Alder

Buffer Mast

Medium Food Quality

Wetland Habitat

Nitrogen Fixers

Question 23

Answer 23

Honey Locust

Buffer Mast

High Food Quality

High Nitrogen Content

(Large Pods)

Question 24

Answer 24

Flowering Dogwood

Soft Mast

High Food Quality

High In Fat, Phosphorus, And Calcium

Question 25

Answer 25

**Juniper (Eastern Red Cedar)** Soft Mast Low Food Quality Open Fields; Soils With Heavy Lime Content

Question 26

Answer 26

**Crab Apples** Soft Mast High Food Quality Bear

Question 27

Answer 27

**Southern Red Oak** Hard Mast Medium Food Quality Warm, Low Elevation Habitat (Smallest Acorn; 2 Year Maturatio; High Tannin Content)

Question 28

Answer 28

**White Pine Cone** Buffer Mast High Food Quality Nuthatch

Question 29

Answer 29

**Scarlet Oak** Hard Mast Drier Habitat (Smooth, Dry, Shiny Cap; 2 Year Maturation; High Tannin Content)

Question 30

Answer 30

**Sassafras** Soft Mast Low Food Quality (Purple Fruit On Red Stems)

Question 31

Answer 31

**American Chestnut** Hard Mast High Quality Food (Very Spiky)

Question 32

Answer 32

**Millet** Buffer Mast High Food Quality Ruffed Grouse/Turkey

Question 33

Answer 33

**Poison Ivy** Soft Mast High Food Quality Thrushes Native

Question 34

Answer 34

**Horse Nettle** Soft Mast Low Food Quality Quail/Turkey Native, Herbaceous Plant (Look Like Little Tomatoes)

Question 35

Answer 35

**Sourwood** Buffer Mast Low Quality Food

Question 36

Answer 36

**Black Walnut** Hard Mast Rich Bottomland Habitat Squirrels

Question 37

Answer 37

**Multiflora Rose** Soft Mast Low Food Quality Birds Invasive (Clusters Of Shiny Red Berries; Thorny)

Question 38

Answer 38

**American Holly** Soft Mast Low Food Quality

Question 39

Answer 39

**Sycamore** Buffer Mast Low Food Quality Floodplains; Riparian Areas