VALUE AND USE
SPECIES: Potentilla glandulosa | Sticky Cinquefoil 



WOOD PRODUCTS VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


IMPORTANCE TO LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE : 
Comparatively little is known about the value of sticky cinquefoil to
livestock and wildlife.  Cinquefoils (Potentilla spp.) in general are
fairly high in tannic acid and are not highly palatable to most species
[36].  Some cinquefoils are browsed when other more desirable species
are unavailable.  Mule deer feed on sticky cinquefoil during the fall in
parts of Montana [17].  Sticky cinquefoil is less palatable than most
associated forb species in central Idaho [29].


PALATABILITY : 
The palatability and degree of use shown by livestock and wildlife
species for Potentilla glandulosa variety intermedia in Utah and Wyoming
has been rated as follows [3]:

                         UT       WY
Cattle                  Poor     ---- 
Sheep                   Fair     ----
Horses                  Poor     ---- 
Pronghorn               Poor     Fair
Elk                     Fair     Good
Mule deer               Good     Fair
White-tailed deer       ----     Fair
Small mammals           Fair     Good
Small nongame birds     Poor     Fair
Upland game birds       Fair     Good
Waterfowl               Poor     Poor

Forage value of shrubby cinquefoil in a grand fir/mountain maple (Abies
grandis/Acer glabrum) habitat type in central Idaho is as follows [32]:

                   (scale of 0 to 10)
                  Spring       Summer       Fall
Deer                --           0           -- 
Elk                 --           4           -- 
Black bear           0           0            0 
Cattle              --           2           --
Sheep               --           4


NUTRITIONAL VALUE : 
Potentilla glandulosa var. intermedia is rated as fair in energy
content and poor in protein value [3].  General nutritional values for
Potentilla spp. are as follows [22]:

                             aerial part, 
                             fresh, immature

Dry matter - %                  100.0
Ash - %                           8.1
Crude fiber - %                  11.3
Ether extract - %                 3.9
N-free extract - %               54.6
Protein (Nx6.25) - %             22.1
  Cattle - dig. protein - %      16.7
  Goats - dig. protein - %       17.2
  Horses - dig. protein - %      16.3
  Sheep - dig. protein - %       17.6


COVER VALUE : 
The degree to which sticky cinquefoil provides environmental protection
during one or more seasons for wildife species has been rated as follows
[3]:

                      UT       WY
Pronghorn            Poor     ----
Elk                  Poor     Poor
Mule deer            Poor     Poor
White-tailed deer    ----     Poor
Small mammals        Fair     Poor
Small nongame birds  Fair     Poor
Upland game birds    Poor     Poor
Waterfowl            Poor     Poor



VALUE FOR REHABILITATION OF DISTURBED SITES : 
Sticky cinquefoil is rated as low in value for both short- and long-term
revegetation projects.  It has little value for erosion control [3].


OTHER USES AND VALUES : 
NO-ENTRY


MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
Many species of cinquefoil, although typically erect, assume a
prostrate, matlike growth form when trampled by livestock [36].
Cinquefoils increase in response to grazing on many subirrigated and
wetland range sites in Montana [26]..

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