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Bull elk in winter
  • Bull elk in winter
  • A grove of aspen in golden fall color against a blue sky
  • Bull elk in winter
  • A grove of aspen in golden fall color against a blue sky
Elk Country Fruit & Browse (13 Plants) | Spring 2027

Elk Country Fruit & Browse (13 Plants) | Spring 2027

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For landowners who want elk around. The heart of it is the browse elk use most, aspen, serviceberry and chokecherry, plus two full-size applecrabs you keep fenced.

What you get 13 plants: Aspen (3, 2-3 ft. seedlings), Serviceberry (5, 2-3 ft.), Chokecherry (3, 3-5 ft.), 1 Kerr Applecrab (Dolgo full size, 4-6 ft.) and 1 Trailman Applecrab (Dolgo full size, 5-7 ft.). Bare root, shipped or picked up in Missoula in spring 2027, roots wrapped in moist sawdust. Guaranteed to bud out.
Hardy to Zone 2 (winters to about -50°F). Check your spot with our cold hardiness calculator.
Why these The US Forest Service lists willow, aspen, serviceberry and cherries among the best-documented elk browse, and in Montana elk often browse every serviceberry twig they can reach. Elk are mostly grazers, so think of this as winter and transition browse, not a magnet.
Pollination Kerr and Trailman bloom together and pollenize each other.

Fence It First

MSU recommends an 8 ft. fence with a top rail wherever elk come through. Where elk winter, plan on keeping the applecrabs fenced for good. Once the aspen and shrubs are tall, you can pull the fence in to just the crabs.

Keep livestock away from chokecherry. The leaves, bark, stems and pits are toxic to livestock, especially cattle and sheep, and wilted leaves are the worst.

Bear country: fruit draws black bears and grizzlies. Plant well away from houses and outbuildings, and use electric fence where bears are around.

Is Planting This Baiting?

Growing plants is habitat work. Rules on fruit or nuts you pick, move or pile up vary by state, so check your state's hunting regs before you hunt over it.

For the full how-to (why these plants work, spacing, protection and timing), read our elk planting guide.

See our other wildlife bundles on the wildlife orchard bundles page.

Photos: bull elk by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons.

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