Birchleaf Mountain Mahogany (Cercocarpus montanus) [ Trees > Hardwoods . . . ] Forest Type: Low- and Mid-Elevation Montane
by Michael Kuo Habitat: Scattered in various dry western ecosystems, including pinyon-juniper chaparral, Ponderosa woods, and montane pine forests below 10,000 feet. Stature: To 20 feet tall but usually smaller and shrub-like; with an open, irregular crown. Leaves: About an inch long; oval to spatula-shaped (reminiscent of alder or birch leaves); coarsely toothed; with prominent parallel veins; with short petioles; deciduous or, in warm climates, somewhat evergreen. Bark: Smooth and brown when young, developing ridges and becoming gray-brown with age. Flowers: Small and greenish, appearing in spring. Fruit: A small woody seed attached to a long, fuzzy, white plume about 4 inches long. Frequent Mushroom Associates: Cercopemyces crocodilinus is exclusively associated (probably in a mycorrhizal symbiosis) with Cercocarpus montanus and other species of mountain mahogany in the genus Cercocarpus. |
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