Figure 10. — Littleleaf 

 mountain mahogany 

 associated with 

 black sagebrush 

 ^Artemisia novaJ 

 on Wah-Wah Moun- 

 tains, Beaver 

 County, Utah. 



Distributioti and habitat: Littleleaf mountain mahogany occurs on. harsh sites which 

 are exposed to high temperatures and drought (fig. 10). It is restricted almost 

 entirely to Utah, Nevada, and northern Arizona; however, there is a similar low-growing 

 form in Washington and Oregon called C. ledifolius var. intercedens (Hitchcock and 

 others 1961) . 



Use: Like all mountain mahogany species, C. intricatus is a fine browse plant. 

 It is an excellent winter feed for deer. 



Cercocarpus ledifolius (Curl leaf mountain mahogany) 



Curl leaf mountain mahogany is an 

 erect shrub or sometimes a small tree 

 to 7 m tal 1 (fig. 11). 



Figure 11. — Curlleaf 

 mountain mahogany 

 near Wasatch Pass, 

 Sevier Countu. 



