VALUE AND USE
SPECIES: Antennaria microphylla | Rosy Pussytoes 



WOOD PRODUCTS VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


IMPORTANCE TO LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE : 
Rosy pussytoes is eaten by Columbia ground squirrels [17], but is
generally of low forage value [3].


PALATABILITY : 
NO-ENTRY


NUTRITIONAL VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


COVER VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


VALUE FOR REHABILITATION OF DISTURBED SITES : 
NO-ENTRY


OTHER USES AND VALUES : 
NO-ENTRY


MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
Rosy pussytoes does not survive mechanical scarification but can
colonize bare scarified soil.  Herbaceous layers dominated by rosy
pussytoes in Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)/pinegrass
(Calamagrostis rubescens) habitat types in central Idaho occur on
scarified, cool, dry sites where the herbaceous layer is depauperate.
Rosy pussytoes in this habitat type has the following responses to
different silvicultural practices:  a minor increase in vegetative
growth after clearcutting with no subsequent site preparation; a major
decrease in canopy cover after shelterwood cuts followed by mechanical
scarification; a major decrease in canopy cover and a minor increase in
seedling establishment after clearcutting followed by mechanical
scarification; and a minor decrease in canopy cover after wildfire and
after clearcutting followed by broadcast burning [22].

Rosy pussytoes is often present in trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides)
stands heavily grazed by cattle and deer in Wyoming [6].  Under light to
moderate grazing in central Idaho, it dominates the herbaceous layer of
Douglas-fir/ pinegrass habitat types [22].  Pussytoes (Antennaria spp.)
generally increase in response to grazing [26].

The herbicide 2,4-D caused light damage (1-33% kill) to rosy pussytoes
when it was sprayed on nearby sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) [4].

Related categories for Species: Antennaria microphylla | Rosy Pussytoes