VALUE AND USE
SPECIES: Rosa nutkana | Nootka Rose 



WOOD PRODUCTS VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


IMPORTANCE TO LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE : 
Nootka rose is important wildlife browse.  Mule deer, white-tailed deer,
elk, moose, caribou, bighorn sheep, bears, coyotes, and various rodents
eat the fruits.  Squirrrels, mice, beavers, and porcupines eat the twigs
and leaves [1,4,14].


PALATABILITY : 
Nootka rose fruits are preferred by deer, elk, and squirrels [3,14].


NUTRITIONAL VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


COVER VALUE : 
Nootka rose thickets are used for nesting and escape cover by birds and
small mammals [14].  Nootka rose provides good cover for waterfowl in
Wyoming [8].


VALUE FOR REHABILITATION OF DISTURBED SITES : 
Nootka rose has successfully been used for rehabilitating disturbed
sites at Columbia River Gorge, Oregon [23].


OTHER USES AND VALUES : 
NO-ENTRY


MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
In a Douglas-fir/ninebark (Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus)
habitat type in Idaho, Nootka rose cover was greater on disturbed sites
than on undisturbed sites.  Average cover was highest (7.7 percent) on
grazed sites [7].  In 16- to 20-year-old lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta)
regeneration in northeastern Utah, Nootka rose productivity was little
affected by thinning or clearcutting [3].

Spring and fall foliar applications of herbicides control Rosa species [14].

Related categories for Species: Rosa nutkana | Nootka Rose