Rosaceae
Alderleaf mountain mahogany
Cercocarpus montanus
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Cercocarpus
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Alderleaf mountain mahogany
- French
- Cercocarpe de montagne
- nv
- Tséʼésdaazí
Synonyms
- Cercocarpus flabellifolius Rydb.
- Cercocarpus minutiflorus Abrams
- Cercocarpus montanus var. flabellifolius (Rydb.) Kearney & Peebles
- Cercocarpus montanus var. minutiflorus (Abrams) F.L.Martin
- Cercocarpus montanus var. montanus
- Cercocarpus parvifolius Nutt. ex Hook. & Arn.
- Cercocarpus parvifolius var. breviflorus Coville ex M.E.Jones
- Cercocarpus parvifolius var. hirsutissimus C.K.Schneid.
- Cercocarpus parvifolius var. minimus C.K.Schneid.
- Cercocarpus parvifolius var. typicus C.K.Schneid.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Toxicity: Moderate, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
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Photo: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.