sentence: Birds are the main dispersal agents of the seeds, consuming the fruit during their fall migration.
sentences_before: The fruits are edible with a mild flavour somewhat like apples. The large seeds within are somewhat hard and crunchy.
sentences_after: In Alaska, bunchberry is an important forage plant for mule deer, black-tailed deer and moose, which consume it throughout the growing season. Hanley, Thomas A. 'et al' 1987. Forest stand-age related differences in apparent nutritional quality of forage for deer in southeastern Alaska. Proceedings of the symposium on plant-herbivore interactions'.
concept_name: bird
headings: Cornus canadensis
categories: Asterids Plant physiology