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Occurrence. — lassen. sequoia, common on the east side of the park, 6,800 to 

 11,000 feet: road to Milk Ranch Peak; !4 mi'e south of Kern Hot Spring; Kern 

 Canyon below Junction Meadow. BRYCE CANYON, occasional, 6,800 to 7,700 feet: 

 near checking station; Bryce Point. ZION, 7,000 to 8,000 feet: Horse Pasture Plateau. 

 GRAND CANYON. North Rim, common at edge of rim: Bright Angel Point; Point Im- 

 perial. South Rim, rare: Grand View. 



4. LiTTLELEAF MOUNTAIN Mahogany (Cercocarpus intricdtus Wats.), 

 fig. 76. — A low, intricately branched shrub 2 to 4 (or rarely up to 8) feet 

 high; leaves elongated, narrow, evergreen, Y^ to I inch long, dark green above, 

 whitish below, the margins curled under almost to the midrib; flowers solitary, 

 inconspicuous; fruits with white hairy tails % to II/4 inches long. (Syn. 

 Cercocarpus arizonicus Jones) . 



This shrub is closely related to curl-leaf mahogany, but it usually has 

 smaller leaves which are so strongly inrolled that they appear linear and 

 almost cylindrical. The stiff leathery leaves are sometimes utilized by deer 

 during the winter when other food is scarce. 



Fig. 76. Littleleaf mountain mahogany {Cercocarpus inirlcaiusy 



