| Common Name |
Mountain Mahogany, Alderleaf Mountain Mahogany |
| Latin Name |
Cercocarpus belutoides |
| Native Habitat |
Dry slopes 0 to 8,000 feet in western U. S. |
| Soil |
Dry, decomposed granite, sand, clay loam low in organic
content, well drained |
| Water |
Once per month |
| Height X Width |
Maximum 45 feet X 6 feet, usual 12 feet X 4 feet |
| Protective Mechanism |
None |
| Leaves |
Almost evergreen, oval, birch-like |
| Garden Suitability |
Thornless, Fragrant, Butterfly, Ethnobotanical |
| Ornamental Value |
White to pink fragrant flowers, attractive leaves,
inverse conical shape, gains personality with age |
| Nature Value |
Butterflies and bees use flowers, browsers eat limbs |
| Native American Uses |
Branches used to make digging sticks, awls, dice, and tools
requiring hard wood, reddish brown dye made from bark |
| Links |
|
| Images and data |
http://www.fs.fed.us/global/iitf/pdf/shrubs/Cercocarpus%20montanus.pdf |
| Images and data |
http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=1878 |
| Images and data |
http://www.cnr.vt.edu/Dendro/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=433 |
| Images and data |
http://www.researchlearningcenter.org/bloom/species/Cercocarpus_betuloides.htm |
| Images and
data |
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Mountain-mahogany |
| Images and
data |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cercocarpus |
| Images |
http://www.coestatepark.com/cercocarpus_betuloides.htm |
| Nursery |
Oak Hills Nursery, 13874 Ranchero Road, Oak Hills, 92345,
760-947-6261 |
