Plants that support Snowshoe Hare
4 plants
Common Horsetail
Equisetum arvense
fern
Primary winter browse when other vegetation unavailable; spring shoots consumed when emerging
Bay Area native
Ponderosa Pine
Pinus ponderosa
perennial herb
Browse on needles and branches during snow cover
Bay Area nativeKeystone species
Red elderberry
Sambucus racemosa
shrub
Browse shrub foliage year-round; primary use spring-fall
Bay Area native
Red-Osier Dogwood*
Cornus sericea subsp. sericea
shrub
Winter browse when herbaceous plants unavailable; critical cold-season food source
Bay Area nativeKeystone species