Buckbrush is the common name for several species of
North America
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n shrubs that
deer
Deer or true deer are hoofed ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. The two main groups of deer are the Cervinae, including the muntjac, the elk (wapiti), the red deer, and the fallow deer; and the Capreolinae, including the reindeer ...
feed on, including but probably not limited to:
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Cephalanthus occidentalis
''Cephalanthus occidentalis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae that is native to eastern and southern North America. Common names include buttonbush, common buttonbush, button-willow, buck brush, and honey-bells.
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Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides'', maidenbrush (south-central U.S.)
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Ceanothus
''Ceanothus'' is a genus of about 50–60 species of Actinorhizal plant, nitrogen-fixing shrubs and small trees in the buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae). Common names for members of this genus are buckbrush, California lilac, soap bush, or just ceano ...
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Ceanothus cuneatus
''Ceanothus cuneatus'' is a species of flowering shrub known by the common names buckbrush and wedgeleaf ceanothus.
Distribution
This ''Ceanothus'' is native to Oregon, California, and northern Baja California, where it can be found in a number ...
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Purshia tridentata
''Purshia tridentata'', with the common name bitterbrush, is a shrub in the genus '' Purshia'' of the family Rosaceae. It is native to mountainous areas of western North America.
Common names include antelope bitterbrush, antelope bush, buc ...
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P. stansburiana'' (dry regions of western North America)
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Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
''Symphoricarpos orbiculatus'', commonly called coralberry, buckbrush or Indian currant is a woody species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family.
Description
''Symphoricarpos orbiculatus'' is an erect shrub, with greenish-white purple-tin ...
'', native to the eastern United States and Canada
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