[MPWG] Ecological link between the passenger pigeon and goldenseal?

[Robert Layton Beyfuss]

I have not heard of connections to Goldenseal, but I have heard that it has been speculated that ginseng seed had been spread by passenger pigeons until their extinction. The only bird now reported to eat and deposit ginseng seed is the lovely wood thrush.


From: MPWG [mailto:mpwg-bounces at lists.plantconservation.org] On Behalf Of De Angelis, Patricia
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 5:47 PM
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Subject: [MPWG] Ecological link between the passenger pigeon and goldenseal?

Have any of you esteemed list members ever heard about any ecological links between the passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) and goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis)?

Thanks, Patricia
Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.
Botanist, US Fish & Wildlife Service-Division of Scientific Authority
Chair, Plant Conservation Alliance-Medicinal Plant Working Group
703-358-1708 x 1753

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