Reindeer and Caribou
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I think caribou do
It serves as food for the Caribou.
No, they are strictly carnivores and eat no plants.
Bearberry, arctic moss, caribou moss
Yeah. :D
"Reindeer moss" is a photosynthetic plant, not a consumer.
According to my references the woodland caribou is a herbivore, the woodland caribou's diet consists of; moss, lichens, and grass
The scientific name for caribou moss is Cladonia rangiferina. It is a type of lichen that is an important food source for caribou and other animals in the Arctic.
The arctic fox eats meat or scraps which is most likely to have come from caribou that had been killed by a polar bear or wolf. The caribou would have eaten moss such as a reindeer. Moss, like all plants needs water which is absorbed from the ground, moss is a fungi that can form on anything.
The answer is yes. In fact caribou moss (found in the tundra) is also a lichen.