VALUE AND USE
SPECIES: Spiraea douglasii | Douglas' Spirea 



WOOD PRODUCTS VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


IMPORTANCE TO LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE : 
Douglas' spirea has limited value as livestock forage because of
typically dense stands, high water tables, and scarcity of palatable
grasses [4,17].  It is sometimes eaten by livestock in the summer and
fall [4,17].

In western Washington and Oregon Douglas' spirea is browsed by
black-tailed deer [5,8].  


PALATABILITY : 
In Oregon Douglas' spirea has a low palatability rating [29].  


NUTRITIONAL VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


COVER VALUE : 
In Washington a breeding population of long-billed marsh wrens was found
nesting in a Douglas' spirea emergent shrub community type [52].  In
British Columbia Douglas' spirea is a component of the western
hemlock-Sitka spruce habitat type which is important grizzly bear
habitat [2].  In Oregon quaking aspen-lodgepole pine/Douglas'
spirea/widefruit sedge and lodgepole pine/Douglas' spirea/widefruit
sedge habitat types are utilized by livestock for bedding and shade.
These two habitat types are also important to deer, elk, and raptors
[29].


VALUE FOR REHABILITATION OF DISTURBED SITES : 
Carlson [6] recommends Douglas' spirea for riparian revegetation
programs in the Pacific Northwest.  In a black cottonwood (Populus
trichocarpa) riparian community, Douglas' spirea seedlings were planted
in the fall of 1980 and had a 27 percent survival rate.  In 1988 percent
cover of Douglas' spirea had increased [6].  In Oregon Douglas' spirea
was propagated as in situ hardwood cuttings (collected and planted
on-site the same day) in a Pacific silver fir (Abies amabilis) community
[48].


OTHER USES AND VALUES : 
NO-ENTRY


MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
In Oregon Douglas' spirea is sensitive to trampling and soil compaction
[4,32].  The riparian lodgepole pine/Douglas' spirea/forb association
has been overgrazed in Oregon.  Douglas' spirea may be eliminated with
continued overuse [29].

Related categories for Species: Spiraea douglasii | Douglas' Spirea