Figuve 8 . — Mountain mahogany 

 branch comparison. Left 



to right: Cercocarpus 

 intricatus, C. ledifolius, 

 C. ledifolius X C. mon- 

 tanus hybrid., C. montanus. 



Cercocarpus intricatus (Littleleaf mountain mahogany) 



Littleleaf mountain mahogany is a small, intricately branched shrub to 2.5 m tall 

 (fig. 9), with narrowly linear and strongly revolute leaves (fig. 8), usually less than 

 12 mm long. Cercocarpus intricatus averages 50,910 cleaned seeds per pound (112/g) 

 (Plummer and others 1968). 



Hybridization: Cercocarpus intricatus hybridizes with both C. ledifolius and 

 C. montanus. Stutz (1974) suggests that C. intricatus is a dry, harsh site segregant 

 of C. ledifolius . 



Figure 9. — Littleleaf moun- 

 tain mahogany heavily 

 hedged on foothills east 

 of Ephraim, Sanpete County, 

 Utah. 



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