Sonoma Mountain Ecology Notes

Celebrating and Caring for the Land

Buck Rubbings in the Willows

Entering rut, male deer rub their antlers on various woody plants to help remove their velvet and mark territories from scent glands on their foreheads. The salicylic acid found in willow bark is the principle metabolite in aspirin and likely gives some anti-inflammatory benefit to itchy antlers.

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