What animals eat purple saxifrage?

Although we don’t know everything about the diet of Arctic hares (Lepus arcticus), we do know that they feed on many different flowers and plants. Their main food is the Arctic willow (Salix arctica). They eat all parts of the plant. … Their main food is the Arctic willow (Salix arctica).

How long does an arctic willow live?

Despite its small size, it is a long-lived plant, growing extremely slowly in the severe arctic climate; one in eastern Greenland was found to be 236 years old.

The Arctic Willow is a food source for several arctic animals. Muskoxen, Caribou, Arctic Hares and Lemmings all feed on the bark and twigs, while the buds are the main food source of the Ptarmigan.

Adult polar bears have no natural predators, though walruses and wolves can kill them.

Saxifrage is eaten by the Arctic hare and the Arctic ground squirrel.

Known predators of the Arctic hare are the Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus), Red fox (Vulpes vulpes), Wolf (Canis lupus), Mountain lion (Puma concolor), Lynx (Lynx canadensis), Ermine (Mustela erminea), Snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus), Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus), Rough-legged hawk (Buteo lagopus) – and occasionally humans.

In winter, they turn their attention to twigs, bark and buds from both coniferous and deciduous trees and shrubs. They have also been known to feed on the remains of dead animals, but this behaviour is rare. Snowshoe hares don’t make a lot of noise.

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Did you know that a group of bunnies is called a fluffle? A fluffle is what our neighbors to the north, in Canada, call a group or herd of rabbits.

A group of baby rabbits produced from a single mating is referred to as a litter and a group of domestic rabbits living together is sometimes called a herd.

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An unkindness. At least that is one of the names given to the jet black birds with the dubious reputation.