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Cercocarpus montanus
Also called True Mountain Mahogany, Mountain Mahogany, Alder Leaf Cercocarpus, Alder Leaf Mountain Mahogany, Silverleaf Mountain Mahogany, Alder Leaved Mountain Mahogany, Valley Mahogany
Alderleaf mountain mahogany is a North American shrub or small tree in the rose family, native to the western US and northern Mexico. It is grown as a tough, drought-tolerant garden plant, valued most for its showy seed plumes in fall.
Cercocarpus montanus is a North American species of shrub or small tree in the family Rosaceae native to northern Mexico and the western United States. It is known by the common names alder-leaf mountain-mahogany, alder-leaf cercocarpus, and true mountain-mahogany. The variety argenteus is commonly known as silverleaf mountain-mahogany.
Alder-leaf mountain-mahogany is sometimes grown as a drought tolerant garden plant, particularly in its native range. It is relatively unobtrusive in most seasons, but is noted for the beauty of is seed in the fall. The wildflower writer Claude A. Barr said that the shiny hairs on the curled plumbs attached to the are particularly attractive in the sun.
Cercocarpus montanus is common in chaparral scrub, on mesas, the lower foothills of the Rocky Mountains, and the Great Plains in the United States. Its range extends from Montana, Idaho, and South Dakota south as far as Sonora, Durango, and Nuevo León.
Birch Leaf Mahogany · Hairy Mountain Mahogany · Birch Leaf Mahogany · Cercocarpus fothergilloides · Cercocarpus ledifolius var. intricatus · Curl-leaf mountain mahogany · Catalina Island mountain mahogany · Mountain mahogany
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cercocarpus montanus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
