Season Item Fringed sagebrush Cleistogenes Potential acaulis Carex Stipa krylovii Leymus chinensis Potentilla tanacetifolia Thyme Rare and inedible herbage
Spring Diet composition 33.5 ± 1.3b – – 21.2 ± 1.1 17.9 ± 1.0a 17.6 ± 1.0 9.8 ± 0.5 –
Botanical composition 13 12 14 9 10 44
Summer Diet composition 28.7 ± 2.1b 10.8 ± 0.9b 8.1 ± 1.0 18.4 ± 0.9 14.8 ± 1.2b – – 19.2 ± 0.8
Botanical composition 15 8 7 13 10 6 41
Winter Diet composition 50.1 ± 1.4a 15.3 ± 0.9a – 19.2 ± 1.2 15.4 ± 1.1a – – –
Botanical composition 36 15 10 25 14