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Cercocarpus betuloides is a shrub or small tree in the rose family. [2] Its common names include mountain mahogany and birch leaf mountain mahogany [2] [3] The common name "mahogany" comes from the hardness and color of the wood, although the genus is not a true mahogany.
Mahogany is a straight-grained, reddish-brown timber of three tropical hardwood species of the genus Swietenia, indigenous to the Americas [1] and part of the pantropical chinaberry family, Meliaceae. Mahogany is used commercially for a wide variety of goods, due to its coloring and durable nature.
Meliaceae: mahogany family; Cedrela: cedrela trees; Cedrela odorata: Spanish cedrela; cedro hembra Meliaceae (mahogany family) Melia: berry mahoganies; Melia azedarach: chinaberry Meliaceae (mahogany family) 993 Swietenia: baywoods; Swietenia macrophylla: American mahogany Meliaceae (mahogany family) Swietenia mahagoni: mahogany Meliaceae ...
Cercocarpus, commonly known as mountain mahogany, is a small genus of at least nine species of nitrogen-fixing [2] flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae. They are native to the western United States and northern Mexico , where they grow in chaparral and semidesert habitats and climates, often at high altitudes.
Cercocarpus ledifolius var. intricatus (little-leaf mountain mahogany, narrowleaf mahogany, [2]: 3 dwarf mountain mahogany [2]: 152 ) is a variety of Cercocarpus ledifolius that is commonly known as little-leaf mountain mahogany.
The Catalina Island mountain mahogany is threatened by ungulates such as deer, and feral goats and pigs. [5] Introduced goats have been removed from the island. Introduced mule deer remain on Catalina Island and may threaten the survival of the species. [8] Fencing has been placed to prevent the remaining animals from touching the plants. [5]
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Swietenia mahagoni, commonly known as American mahogany, Cuban mahogany, small-leaved mahogany, and West Indian mahogany, [1] is a species of Swietenia native to the broader Caribbean bioregion. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] It is the species from which the original mahogany wood was produced. [ 5 ]