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Cercocarpus douglasii

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Klamath mountain mahogany
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Cercocarpus
Species:
C. douglasii
Binomial name
Cercocarpus douglasii
Rydb. 1913

Cercocarpus douglasii, common name Klamath mountain mahogany, is a plant species native to northern California and southwestern Oregon.[1]

Cercocarpus douglasii is a tree up to 5 meters (17 feet) tall with rough, gray bark. Leaves are oblong to oblanceolate, up to 5 cm (2 inches) long, with rounded tips, green and hairless on the upper side but whitish with woolly hairs underneath. Flowers are borne in groups of 2 or 3 in the axils of the leaves.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Rydberg, Per Axel, in Britton, Nathaniel Lord. 1913. North American Flora 22(5): 421.
  2. ^ Baldwin et al. 2012. Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California, ed 2. University of California Press, Berkeley. ISBN 978-0520253124