VALUE AND USE
SPECIES: Arctostaphylos glandulosa | Eastwood Manzanita 



WOOD PRODUCTS VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


IMPORTANCE TO LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE : 
Eastwood manzanita is useless as livestock browse but is a valuable
source of food for wildlife.  Manzanita spp. fruits are eaten by various
chaparral mammals including coyote, dusky-footed woodrat, deer mouse,
and brush rabbit.  The fruits are also consumed birds, including wild
turkey and band-tailed pigeon [41].  Older leaves are sometimes eaten by
black-tailed deer, although they prefer sprouts or seedlings [2,4].


PALATABILITY : 
The palatability of Eastwood manzanita leaves is rated as poor for
goats, sheep, cattle, horses, and black-tailed deer [33].  The
palatability of the fruits and seeds is fair [22].


NUTRITIONAL VALUE : 

No species of manzanita provides high-quality browse [33,41].  The
protein content of Eastwood manzanita leaves varies from 11 percent in
April to 5 percent in October.  Bissell and Strong [6] state that
deer need a minimum of 7 percent protein in their diet for normal
maintence.


COVER VALUE : 
Eastwood manzanita often forms dense stands that provide good hiding,
resting and nesting sites for small birds and mammals.  Horton [17] has
reported dusky-footed woodrat using Eastwood manzanita as cover for
their food caches.
       
Open stands of Eastwood manzanita provide good hiding and resting cover
for black-tailed deer [35].


VALUE FOR REHABILITATION OF DISTURBED SITES : 
Eastwood manzanita's deep litter layer and deep root system help
stabilize steep hillsides and road cuts.  It has been underutilized for
rehabilitative purposes in the past because it is difficult to germinate
and to transplant [8].  It can, however, be successfully propagated from
stem cuttings [2].


OTHER USES AND VALUES : 
Food:  The fruits of Eastwood manzanita can be used to make jelly [2].
Native Americans dried and ground the fruits to make flour [36].

Landscaping:  Eastwood manzanita is used for ornamental landscaping [2].


MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
Watershed:  Eastwood manzanita is valuable for soil erosion control
because its roots and litter layer bind soil.  Kittredge [23] states
that it may have the greatest ability to build and maintain a stable
ground floor of all the chaparral shrubs.

Timber:  Eastwood manzanita allelopathically inhibits growth of
ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) and knobcone pine (P. attenuata)
seedlings [6,38,42].

Control:  Eastwood manzanita can be controlled by aerosol application of
2,4-D in late June or July.  Precautions for its use with ponderosa pine
seedlings have been detailed [38].

Related categories for Species: Arctostaphylos glandulosa | Eastwood Manzanita