Ecological Interactions

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  • Beaver eats and makes a home with aspen bark 
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  • Mallard uses cattails for nests and food
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  • Ducks eat mussels
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  • Barnacles grow on mussels
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  • Big leaf maple allows birds to perch on them
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  • Oregon Grape bushes house spiders and caterpillars
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  • Spiders feed on mosquitoes
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  • Birds eat the spiders and caterpillars
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