VALUE AND USE
SPECIES: Blechnum spicant | Deer Fern 



WOOD PRODUCTS VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


IMPORTANCE TO LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE : 
Deer fern provides valuable forage for Columbian and Sitka back-tailed
deer, white-tailed deer, mountain goat, bighorn sheep, Rocky Mountain
elk, Roosevelt elk, moose, and caribou [2,5,16,23].


PALATABILITY : 
NO-ENTRY


NUTRITIONAL VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


COVER VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


VALUE FOR REHABILITATION OF DISTURBED SITES : 
NO-ENTRY


OTHER USES AND VALUES : 
Deer fern is easily propagated and is planted as an ornamental [15,21].

Deer fern roots were used for medicinal purposes by Native Americans [37].


MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
NO-ENTRY

Related categories for Species: Blechnum spicant | Deer Fern