The mountaineer grows rapidly, giving a large amount of green mass, and for this reason the plant is used for silage, and its young shoots become good feed for cattle and horses.
Highlander likhula ngokushesha, enika semali mass oluhlaza, futhi ngenxa yalokho lesi sitshalo esetshenziselwa silage, futhi samahlumela awo asemasha kukhona ifolishi kuhle izinkomo namahhashi.