Cercocarpus montanus
| Cercocarpus montanus | |
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| hair-like achenes are the fruit | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Cercocarpus |
| Species: | C. montanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cercocarpus montanus Raf. [1] | |
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Cercocarpus montanus is a species of shrub or small tree in the family Rosaceae known by may common names (see below) including mountain mahogany and alder-leaf cercocarpus.
Common names
Common names for this species include true mountain-mahogany, alder-leaf mountain-mahogany, and alder-leaf cercocarpus.[2][5] The variety argenteus is commonly known as silverleaf mountain-mahogany.[2]
Distribution
Cercocarpus montanus is common in the chaparral, on mesas and on the lower foothills of the south eastern Rocky mountains of North America.[6] It is found in Nebraska, western Oklahoma, southwestern South Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, and Texas.[2]
Description
C. montanus often remains under 1 metre (3.3 ft) in height because of browsing by elk and deer, but can reach 20 feet (6.1 m). It has thin and smooth bark.[5] The species is considered to be long lived.[7]
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Flowers appear red when they first open
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Flowers are yellow when fully expanded
References
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- ↑ C. montanus was originally described and published in Atlantic Journal, and Friend of Knowledge, 146. 1832. Philadelphia, Penn. "Plant Name Details for Cercocarpus montanus". IPNI. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 GRIN (May 22, 2008). "Cercocarpus montanus information from NPGS/GRIN". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
- ↑ C. m. var. argenteus was published in Brittonia; a Series of Botanical Papers, 7: 104. 1950. New York. "Plant Name Details for Cercocarpus montanus var. argenteus". IPNI. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
- ↑ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 2014-01-10.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Cercocarpus montanus". FED. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
- ↑ Weber, W. A. (1976). Rocky Mountain flora: A field guide for the identification of the Ferns, Conifers, and Flowering Plants of the Southern Rocky Mountains from Pikes Peak to Rocky Mountain National Park and from the Plains to the Continental Divide. Niwot, Colorado: University Press of Colorado.
- ↑ Kitchen, Stanley (2004). Wildland shrubs of the United States and its territories, Volume 1. Rocky Mountain Research Station: U.S. Department of Agriculture. pp. 170–180.