In Montana, wild huckleberries rely on bears and other herbivores that consume their fruit to spread their seeds. As a result, these plants wrap their seeds in sweet, nutritious fruit that is comparatively undefended. How should consumption efficiency in huckleberry patches compare to other ecosystems?

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Ashlee Arroyo

Biology

12 December, 23:26

In Montana, wild huckleberries rely on bears and other herbivores that consume their fruit to spread their seeds. As a result, these plants wrap their seeds in sweet, nutritious fruit that is comparatively undefended. How should consumption efficiency in huckleberry patches compare to other ecosystems?

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Irvin Preston · Answer 1

The consumption efficiency of huckleberry is high, like in forest ecosystem.

Explanation:

Huckleberry is a term mainly used to describe numerous variations of plants with different colored small berries. These are a rich source of nutrition for wild bears of Montana.

These plants are residents of acidic and infertile vegetative areas, that is why these species do not grow in Antarctica, central Greenland and parts of the high arctic.