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2 to 3i/^ inches long. The plants sprout from the root crown after fire. The 

 foliage is browsed by deer. In the tall chaparral just west of Sequoia National 

 Park, the plants may become as much as 28 feet high. In dense stands on 

 the moist north slopes the stems grow so erect that straight pieces 13 feet 

 long and 3 to 4 inches in diameter may be obtained. 2^' 



Birchleaf mountain mahogany is very similar to the mountain mahogany 

 of the Southwest, but the leaves are usually more finely toothed. 



Occurrence. — YOSEMITE, common, 4,000 to 6,200 feet: Wawona; Alder Creek 

 ranger station; near El Portal; near Hetch Hetchy dam. SEQUOIA, common, 1,500 to 

 6,000 feet; Marble Fork Kaweah River; east of Clough Cave; along trail to Yucca 

 Creek. 



2. True Mountain Mahogany (Cercocarpus montanus Raf.), fig. 

 74. — Erect shrub 3 to 9 feet high with grayish-brown bark; leaves oval to 

 reverse-egg-shaped, 2 to 4 inches long, coarsely toothed above the middle, 

 dark green and becoming smooth above, pale and finely fuzzy below, rounded 



Fig. 73. Birch mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus beiuloides) . 



26 Jepson. W. L.. Flora of California, vol. 2. p. 217. 1936. 



