Rosaceae
Littleleaf mountain mahogany
Cercocarpus intricatus
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Cercocarpus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Littleleaf mountain mahogany
Synonyms
- Cercocarpus argenteus Rydb.
- Cercocarpus hypoleucus Rydb.
- Cercocarpus intricatus var. typicus C.K.Schneid.
- Cercocarpus intricatus var. villosus C.K.Schneid.
- Cercocarpus ledifolius var. hypoleucus (Rydb.) M.Peck
- Cercocarpus ledifolius var. intricatus (S.Watson) M.E.Jones
- Cercocarpus montanus var. argenteus (Rydb.) F.L.Martin
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.