VALUE AND USE
SPECIES: Zigadenus paniculatus | Foothill Deathcamas 



WOOD PRODUCTS VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


IMPORTANCE TO LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE : 
All parts of foothill deathcamas are poisonous to livestock and wildlife
at all times of the year [13,18,19].


PALATABILITY : 
Foothill deathcamas is unpalatable to all classes of livestock [13,19].


NUTRITIONAL VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


COVER VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


VALUE FOR REHABILITATION OF DISTURBED SITES : 
NO-ENTRY


OTHER USES AND VALUES : 
NO-ENTRY


MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
Rangeland:  Foothill deathcamas is one of the first plants to produce
growth in spring.  Livestock poisonings usually occur when animals are
put on the range in early spring before more palatable plant species are
available [13,19].  Sheep are most commonly poisoned:  336 grams of
foothill deathcamas (dry weight) was lethal to experimentally fed ewes
(weight of the ewes averaged 51 kilograms) [12].  Foothill deathcamas is
an increaser under heavy grazing; an abundance of foothill deathcamas
indicates a need for rangeland improvement practices [13].

Control:  Foothill deathcamas can be controlled by 2 successive years of
spraying with 2,4-D before flowering, when plants are in the three-leaf
stage [13,24,25].

Other:  Humans are occasionally poisoned after consuming foothill
deathcamas bulbs.  The bulbs are sometimes mistaken for edible bulbs of
wild onion (Allium spp.), hyacinth (Brodiaea spp.), or camas (Camassia
spp.) [13,19].

Related categories for Species: Zigadenus paniculatus | Foothill Deathcamas