Isle Royale National Park

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Isle Royale National Park
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Moose (Alces alces)
General Distribution North America, Europe,
Asia. Habitat Forest near water. Diet
Herbivore some aquatic vegetation.
Can eat up to 6 metric tons of food per year.
Identification Large head, palmate antlers.
Total length 2-3 m tail length about 17 cm
mass males 400-630 kg, females 315-500 kg.
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Balsam Fir
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Quaking Aspen
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Paper Birch
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Red Osier Dogwood
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White Spruce
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Exclosurevs.Browsed(foreground)areas
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Beaver (Castor canadensis)
Habitat Ponds, lakes, slow
streams. Diet Herbivore.
Habits Aquatic, builds dams
and lodges. Identification
Largest rodent in North America, flat scaly
tail. Total length 90-115
cm tail length 30-45 cm mass 20-27 kg.
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Web sites for images
Plants http//www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/sy
llabus/searc.htm

• Animals
• http//www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/mammalogy/ma
  mwash.html

Isle Royale http//www.isle.royale.national-park.
com/