VALUE AND USE
SPECIES: Pinus washoensis | Washoe Pine 



WOOD PRODUCTS VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


IMPORTANCE TO LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE : 
The avian species composition of stands containing Washoe pine depends
on the stage of succession.  A fire burned 450,000 acres (18,000 ha) of
a yellow pine (Washoe, Jeffrey, and ponderosa pines)-fir forest near
Truckee, California, in 1960. At postfire years 6 to 8, nine species of
birds were unique to the burned areas, six to the unburned area, and 17
were found on both sites.  Shrub cover on the burned plot increased from
about 20 percent to over 43 percent from postfire year 6 to 25, and
birds that nest and feed in shrubs increased by over 500 percent.
Throughout the study, bird numbers remained relatively stable in the
unburned forest.  On the burned plot, however, primary-cavity nesting
birds declined over time.  The decline probably resulted from a decrease
in standing dead trees.  Snag density declined from about 65 per acre
(26/ha) in 1966 to less than 12.5 per acre (<5/ha) in 1985 [18].


PALATABILITY : 
NO-ENTRY


NUTRITIONAL VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


COVER VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


VALUE FOR REHABILITATION OF DISTURBED SITES : 
NO-ENTRY


OTHER USES AND VALUES : 
NO-ENTRY


MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
On eastern-slope yellow pine forests of northeastern California, logging
has decreased pines (ponderosa, Jeffrey, and Washoe pines) relative to
white fir and western juniper [14].
 

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