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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].

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