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THE BOOK OF FORESTRY 



BIKCH LEAP OR MOUNTAIN MAHOGANY 



BIRCH LEAF 



Cercocarpus parvifolius 



FORM 



A slow growing bushy shrub up to 

 10' in height; occasionally a tree 

 15'-20' tall. Branches and leaves 

 aromatic. 



LEAVES 



Thick, smooth and yellowish green 

 above, veins prominent. Coarsely 

 notched above the middle. 



FRUIT 



Light chestnut brown tube split at 

 the apex with hairy tail 4"-5" long 

 projecting from the tubes. 



RANGE 



Dry mountain ranges of the West. 

 Nebraska to Oregon; Texas to the 

 mountains of lower California. 



