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Mountain Mahogany

Cercocarpus betuloides

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41.707, -103.664

Field Notes

Description:

The fuzzies on this shrub remind me of the prairie smoke flower.

Habitat:

The photos of this spotting an of other Mountain Mahogany online certainly match, but this spotting was much farther east than Wikipedia suggests.

Species ID Suggestions

Mountain Mahogany

Cercocarpus betuloides

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Comments (2)
suzmonk
My pleasure, really pretty ... exuberant! I noticed the range as well, but thought you were, probably, close enough to the mountains for a match ... hmm.

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PublishedJuly 20, 2013

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