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Cercocarpus montanus Raf.
alderleaf mountain mahogany
       
Symbol:   CEMO2  
Group:   Dicot  
Family:   Rosaceae  
Duration:   Perennial  
Growth Habit:   Tree
Shrub 		 
Native Status:  
L48    N



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Cercocarpus montanus Raf.

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Distribution:
Cercocarpus montanus Raf.

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Related Taxa:
Cercocarpus montanus Raf.

View 72 genera in Rosaceae, 4 species in Cercocarpus or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Cercocarpus montanus Raf. var. argenteus (Rydb.) F.L. Martin. .
Cercocarpus montanus var. argenteus
silver mountain mahogany
Distribution of Cercocarpus montanus Raf. var. blancheae (C.K. Schneid.) F.L. Martin. . Image Available.
Cercocarpus montanus var. blancheae
island mountain mahogany
Distribution of Cercocarpus montanus Raf. var. glaber (S. Watson) F.L. Martin. . Image Available.
Cercocarpus montanus var. glaber
birchleaf mountain mahogany
Distribution of Cercocarpus montanus Raf. var. macrourus (Rydb.) F.L. Martin. . Image Available.
Cercocarpus montanus var. macrourus
Klamath mountain mahogany
Distribution of Cercocarpus montanus Raf. var. minutiflorus (Abrams) F.L. Martin. . Image Available.
Cercocarpus montanus var. minutiflorus
smooth mountain mahogany
Distribution of Cercocarpus montanus Raf. var. montanus. .
Cercocarpus montanus var. montanus
alderleaf mountain mahogany
Distribution of Cercocarpus montanus Raf. var. paucidentatus (S. Watson) F.L. Martin. . Image Available.
Cercocarpus montanus var. paucidentatus
hairy mountain mahogany
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Cercocarpus montanus Raf.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Rosidae
Order Rosales
Family Rosaceae – Rose family
Genus Cercocarpus Kunth – mountain mahogany
Species Cercocarpus montanus Raf. – alderleaf mountain mahogany
 

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Cercocarpus montanus Raf.

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View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 25136.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.
 
 
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