VALUE AND USE
SPECIES: Quercus pungens | Sandpaper Oak 



WOOD PRODUCTS VALUE : 
The oaks of Arizona, which includes sandpaper oak, rarely grow large
enough to use as timber.  The wood may be used locally for fuel and
fence posts [17].


IMPORTANCE TO LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE : 
Vasey shin oak is lightly grazed in Texas by cattle, sheep, goats, and
white-tailed deer [6].


PALATABILITY : 
NO-ENTRY


NUTRITIONAL VALUE : 
Vasey shin oak acorns have a high food value, and its leaves have a
medium food value for white-tailed deer in the Rolling Plains and the
Edwards Plateau of Texas [5].  Actively growing Vasey shin oak sprouts
are nutritious, with a crude protein content of about 13 to 17 percent [29].


COVER VALUE : 
Vasey shin oak has high cover value, providing escape and thermal cover
for white-tailed deer [5].


VALUE FOR REHABILITATION OF DISTURBED SITES : 
NO-ENTRY


OTHER USES AND VALUES : 
NO-ENTRY


MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
Vasey shin oak, live oak (Quercus virginiana), and Ashe juniper
(Juniperus ashei) have invaded savannas on the Edwards Plateau in Texas
due to suppressed fires and overgrazing [19,22,29].  Mechanical methods
and herbicides have successfully controlled Vasey shin oak [22,30,31].
Vasey shin oak breaks at ground level when chained and sprouts 1 year
later, providing important forage for white-tailed deer.  Intense
browsing of the sprouts will kill Vasey shin oak [29].

Browse biomass estimates of Vasey shin oak from various regression
formulae have been evaluated for predictive ability.  Log-log models
accounted for the most variability in Vasey shin oak samples at Sonora,
Texas [6].

Poisoning by sandpaper or Vasey shin oak was not described in the
literature, but oak poisoning of cattle, horses, sheep, and goats is a
problem on some rangelands in the southwestern United States.  Poisoning
occurs when oak foliage or acorns are exclusively consumed, which may
happen in the spring when other food is scarce [18,24].

Related categories for Species: Quercus pungens | Sandpaper Oak