Shrubbery
MOUNTAIN
MOHAGONY
Cercocarpus ledifolius
MOUNTAIN
MOHAGONY
Cercocarpus ledifolius
Cercocarpus ledifolius
is a North American species of mountain mahogany known by the common
name curl-leaf mountain mahogany. It is widespread across much of
the Western United States as well as Baja California in Mexico.
Mountain mahoganies
are a group of shrubs or small trees common across much of the western
United States. The name ‘mountain mahogany’ is thought
to come simply from the color of the heartwood which does resemble
the appearance of the tropical wood, though they are not related.
There are two
main species of mountain mahogany in the intermountain region, Cercocarpus
montanus (true or alderleaf mountain mahogany) and C. ledifolius (curl-leaf
mountain mahogany), and a number of varieties