Diet Overlap

Sylvilagus floridanus (Eastern Cottontail)
Gopherus polyphemus ((Florida) Gopher Tortoise)

Common Diet

Pteridium aquilinum (northern bracken fern)

Common Habitat

Canaveral National Seashore
Carolinian-South Atlantic Biosphere Reserve
Central Gulf Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve
Everglades
Florida sand pine scrub
Fort Caroline National Memorial
Middle Atlantic coastal forests
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
South Atlantic Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve
South Florida rocklands
Southeastern conifer forests
Southeastern mixed forests

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Study of Northern Virginia Ecology
♦ 2Patterns of Folivory and Seed Ingestion by Gopher Tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) in a Southeastern Pine Savanna, Roger D. Birkhead, Craig Guyer and Sharon M. Hermann, Am. Midl. Nat. 154:143-151