'Hobble Creek' - A Superior Selection of Low-Elevation Mountain Big Sagebrush

Authors

United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

1986

Abstract

This is the foundation document for the release of the 'Hobble Creek' selection of big sagebrush. It is a low-elevation mountain big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana). 'Hobble Creek' is needed to increase the nutrient content of winter diets of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus hemionus) and domestic sheep (Ovis aries). This sagebrush exceeds the typical winter forage values in amount of energy-producing compounds, crude protein, phosphorus, and carotene. Of the 186 big sagebrush selections tested. 'Hobble Creek' is the most preferred by wintering mule deer and ranks high in preference by wintering domestic sheep. 'Hobble Creek' does not contain substances that lower grass cell wall digestion in ruminant animals.

Comments

SuDocs call # A 13.78:INT-370

Recommended Citation

United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, "'Hobble Creek' - A Superior Selection of Low-Elevation Mountain Big Sagebrush" (1986). Forestry. Paper 38.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/govdocs_forest/38