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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