VALUE AND USE
SPECIES: Sorbus sitchensis | Sitka Mountain-Ash 



WOOD PRODUCTS VALUE : 
Sitka mountain-ash has light-weight, fine-textured wood [39].  It has
no commercial value [17].


IMPORTANCE TO LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE : 
Sitka mountain-ash berries remain on the trees until late winter, making
them available as winter forage.  They are important in the diet of many
upland gamebirds, songbirds, and small mammals [14,26].  The twigs
supply browse for deer and moose [14].  Roosevelt elk also utilize Sitka
mountain-ash in the summer months [19].  Black bear and grizzly bear eat
the berries, leaves, and stems [21,27].


PALATABILITY : 
Sitka mountain-ash provides fair browse for sheep and fair to poor
browse for cattle [38].


NUTRITIONAL VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


COVER VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


VALUE FOR REHABILITATION OF DISTURBED SITES : 
Sitka mountain-ash has been used for streambank rehabilitation in
Oregon and Washington [25].


OTHER USES AND VALUES : 
Sitka mountain-ash is cultivated as an ornamental [17,26,39].


MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
Foliar glycophosphate and broadcast 2,4-D applications caused severe
injury to Sitka mountain-ash in field experiments [28].

Sitka mountain-ash may produce allelopathic substances that inhibit
Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) seedlings [30].

Related categories for Species: Sorbus sitchensis | Sitka Mountain-Ash