Plants that support Greylag Goose
8 plants
Common rush
Juncus effusus
perennial herb
Winter visitor to California wetlands; grazes on emergent vegetation
Cosmopolitan bulrush
Bolboschoenus maritimus
perennial herb
Primary forage for wintering geese; grazes shoots and tubers in coastal and interior wetlands
Creeping Fescue
Festuca rubra
grass
Rare vagrant to California; grazes on grass shoots during winter
Lesser Water-parsnip
Berula erecta
perennial herb
Grazing on aquatic vegetation during migration staging and winter residence
Sitka Brome
Bromus sitchensis var. carinatus
grass
Early spring grazing during migration and breeding season establishment
Slender Wheatgrass
Elymus trachycaulus subsp. trachycaulus
grass
grazing on grass shoots during migration and wintering
Watercress
Nasturtium officinale
perennial herb
Grazes on watercress in wetland and riparian areas
Wire rush
Juncus balticus ssp. ater
perennial herb
Grazes wire rush in California wetlands during migratory stopovers