VALUE AND USE
SPECIES: Lycium berlandieri | Berlandier Wolfberry 



WOOD PRODUCTS VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


IMPORTANCE TO LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE : 
Berlandier wolfberry fruits are important food for birds and some
rodents [39].  Livestock may browse Berlandier wolfberry foliage
[23,31]; however, it was available on southern Texas plains but was not
reported in cattle diets [11].  Black-tailed jackrabbit winter diets in
southern Texas consisted of 3 percent Berlandier wolfberry [40].

In southern Arizona Gambel's quail were closely tied to habitats
characterized by mesquite (Prosopis spp.), netleaf hackberry (Celtis
reticulata), falsemesquite, and Berlandier wolfberry along sandy washes
or around stock tanks.  There was an average of 60 Berlandier wolfberry
plants per 0.4 hectare plot in areas most used.  Gambel's quail used
Berlandier wolfberry for cover, roosting and feeding sites, and for
raising broods.  These habitats were also important for introduced
masked bobwhites when preferred habitat was limited.  There was an
average of 83 Berlandier wolfberry plants per 0.4 hectare plot in scaled
quail habitat found in adjacent grasslands dominated by low grasses,
broom snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae), and Berlandier wolfberry.
Scaled quail used Berlandier wolfberry for hiding cover and preferred
plants 1.7 to 5.0 feet (0.5-1.5 m) tall for loafing cover [16].


PALATABILITY : 
NO-ENTRY


NUTRITIONAL VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


COVER VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


VALUE FOR REHABILITATION OF DISTURBED SITES : 
Specific information regarding the use of Berlandier wolfberry for
rehabilitating disturbed sites is not available in the literature.
Wolfberries (Lycium spp.), however, have been used to rehabilitate
abandoned farmlands in Sonoran Desert lowlands and on disturbed sites
near Red Rock, Arizona.  The sites were restored by establishing berms
on the contour and then seeding with wolfberry and other desert shrubs
[22].


OTHER USES AND VALUES : 
Historically, Native Americans have eaten Berlandier wolfberry berries
and have used the plant for a wide variety of medicinal purposes [23,31].


MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
Berlandier wolfberry had a frequency of 0.4 percent on sites protected
from livestock grazing for 50 years at the Desert Labratory near Tucson,
Arizona.  It was not present on unprotected sites, but the differences
were not significant [3].

Woody species such as Berlandier wolfberry often invade grasslands and
reduce the amount of valuable forage.  Fall aerial applications of
picloram, 2,4,5-T, or a mixture of the two were relatively ineffective
for control of Berlandier wolfberry in southern Texas [5].  However,
aerial applications of tebuthiuron were effective in killing all
Berlandier wolfberry plants within 1 year on a 130-acre (52-hectare)
study plot on the Jornada Experimental Range, New Mexico [14].

Related categories for Species: Lycium berlandieri | Berlandier Wolfberry