. California range brushlands and browse plants. Browse (Animal food); Brush; Forage plants. Sierra mountain misery (Chamaebatia foliolosa). This heavily scented plant is low in palatahility generally, yet in some localities it provides a fair to large proportion of the winter feed for deer. During the winter months the penetrating odor of the aromatic oils is barely discernible. mountain misery; in the summer diet deerbrush ceano- thus accounted for 13 per cent as compared to 7 per cent for Sierra mountain misery. Analyses of the current terminal two inches of twig- and-leaf growth of Sierra
. California range brushlands and browse plants. Browse (Animal food); Brush; Forage plants. Sierra mountain misery (Chamaebatia foliolosa). This heavily scented plant is low in palatahility generally, yet in some localities it provides a fair to large proportion of the winter feed for deer. During the winter months the penetrating odor of the aromatic oils is barely discernible. mountain misery; in the summer diet deerbrush ceano- thus accounted for 13 per cent as compared to 7 per cent for Sierra mountain misery. Analyses of the current terminal two inches of twig- and-leaf growth of Sierra mountain misery collected in the mountains of central Tuolumne County, showed definite loss in crude protein, fats, and mineral matter during the winter months, a gain in crude fiber, and gen- eral decline in nutritive matter™. Partly to offset this unfavorable nutritive balance was the almost complete loss of the pentrating odor from aromatic oils, apparently by the leaching action of fall and winter rains. The sharp decline in mineral content may, in part, be caused by rain washing of! the dust adhering to the oily leaf surface. All lac tors considered, Sierra mountain misery must be given consideration in the management of deer ranges where fair sized communities of this plant occur. Whether a planting program of this shrub should any- where be considered is problematic. Brou se rating. Good to Fair for deer; fair to poor for goats; poor to useless lor sheep: and useless lor cattle and horses. CHERRIES AND PLUMS (Prunus) This genus includes deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs, usually with bitter bark, leaves, and seeds. Leaves are simple, alternate. Flowers are borne in clus- ters, or rarely solitary, and the fruit is a drupe. Probably no genus in the rose family contributes as much to our table or to our landscape design as does this genus. No one can deny the delights of almonds, apri- cots, cherries, peaches, plums, and primes. Nor in the spring, can one fail to see
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