====== In General ======

diverse vegetation. basically everything.

===== Browse =====
Woody and stemmy plants such as trees, shrubs, briars, and some vines. High in Fiber.

===== Forbs =====
Herbaceous, broad-leaved plants. category is broad as fuck, covers clover, thistle, peas. sources of protein.

===== Mast =====
Fruit producing plants

==== Soft ====
Starches, sugars, and major vitamins. Apples, berries.

==== Hard ====
Carbohydrates. Acorns, hickory nuts.

===== Misc? =====
some mushrooms. field and stream, on mushrooms: "It’s a mystery how deer tell the difference between poisonous and non-poisonous varieties, but they apparently do."

===== Water =====

Most of deer's water needs are satisfied by the food they eat. They'll hang around water when there's a drought. 

====== CT relevant ======

  * Ferns - generally uninteresting. 
  * Hickory - i'm pretty sure i've seen cracked open hickory nuts
  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmia_latifolia|Mountain Laurel]] - recognizable by how it always has gnarled stems - toxic.
  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinus_strobus|White Pine]] - state of michigan says "deer will eat pine before they take other pines"

most of CT is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeastern_coastal_forests|Northeastern Coastal Forest]].


TODO: every single plant and mushroom species in ct, I guess