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Home  /  Plants  /  Budburst Species  /  Cercocarpus ledifolius
Phenology Observation Sheet for Broadleaf Evergreens

COMMON NAME

Curl-leaf mountain mahogany

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Cercocarpus ledifolius

ALSO KNOWN AS

Mountain mahogany

Plant family

Rose (Rosaceae)

Plant group

Broadleaf Evergreens

Curl-leaf mountain mahogany is a large woody shrub found in open, semi-arid habitats in the West. Leaves are dark green and shiny with curled margins.
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Identification hints

Curl-leaf mountain mahogany is a large woody shrub found in open, semi-arid habitats in the West. Leaves are dark green and shiny with curled margins.

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The wood of curl-leaf mountain mahogany is extremely hard and so dense that it won't float in water. It makes an excellent fuel, giving off an intense heat while burning for a long time. It is occasionally used in the manufacture of small articles for domestic and industrial use.

DISTRIBUTION IN TH U.S.
Arizona , California , Colorado , Idaho , Montana , Nevada , Oregon , Utah , Washington , Wyoming
HABITAT
High altitude desert or dry grassland areas; dry, rocky slopes; 4,000 to 10,000 ft (1200 to 3050 m).
ATTRIBUTES
Leaves
The leaves are evergreen and alternate along the stem. They are commonly clustered on spur shoots off of the branches. The leaves are small (0.5 to 1 in or 1 to 3 cm long) and narrowly elliptical, thick and leathery, with no teeth, rolled edges, and are green above and below.
Flowers
The flowers are small, inconspicuous, trumpet-shaped, and fuzzy, usually at axils of the branches or twigs, with no petals or sepals. Flowers bloom in early spring.
Fruits
Small achene (hard, seed-like structure) with long hairy and often twisted plume, up to 1 in (3 cm) long that turns yellow-brown when mature.
Bark
The bark is reddish to grayish-brown with deep, wide furrows and ridges that may break into plate-like scales.

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