/O%27Neill%20Regional%20Park,%20Trabuco%20Canyon,%20CA.%20%204-11-10%20010.jpg) Clusters of 2-3 short, woolly-stemmed whitish 1/4 in. flowers. O'Neill Regional Park, Trabuco Canyon, CA. 4-11-10. © Joan Avise |
California or Birch-leaf Mountain Mahogany Cercocarpus betuloides var. betuloides A much-branched shrub or small tree up to 20 ft. tall, common on dry rocky slopes in chaparral in the Santa Ana Mountains with small populations in southern San Joaquin Hills and Lomas de Santiago. Some plants near Modjeska in central Santiago Cyn. appear to approach C. minutiflorus (Roberts). Bloom time- Mar-May.Rosaceae Back to Rosaceae of Orange County, California |
/O%27Neill%20Regional%20Park,%20Trabuco%20Canyon,%20CA.%204-11-10%20017.jpg) O'Neill Regional Park, Trabuco Canyon, CA. 4-11-10. © Joan Avise |
/O%27Neill%20Regional%20Park,%20Trabuco%20Canyon,%20CA.%204-11-10%20013.jpg) Flowers have no petals, 5 sepals united at the base, and many stamens. O'Neill Regional Park, Trabuco Canyon, CA. 4-11-10. © Joan Avise |
/O%27Neill%20Regional%20Park,%20Trabuco%20Canyon,%20CA.%204-11-10%20011.jpg) O'Neill Regional Park, Trabuco Canyon, CA. 4-11-10. © Joan Avise |
/Whiting%20Ranch%20Wilderness%20Park,%20Lake%20Forest,%20CA.%20%203-28-10%20013.jpg) Flower buds just opening. Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park, Lake Forest, CA. 3-28-10. © Joan Avise |
/Newport%20Beach%20Environmental%20Nature%20Center,%20Newport%20Beach,%20CA.8-02-08%20064.jpg) The fruits are dry single-seeded achenes with spiral silky tails from 1 1/2- 2 in. long which help to disperse the seeds. Newport Beach Environmental Nature Center, Newport Beach, CA. 8-02-08. © Joan Avise |
/Newport%20Beach%20Environmental%20Nature%20Center,%20Newport%20Beach,%20CA.%208-02-08%20065.jpg) Newport Beach Environmental Nature Center, Newport Beach, CA. 8-02-08. © Joan Avise |
/Newport%20Beach%20Environmental%20Nature%20Center,%20Newport%20Beach,%20CA.%208-02-08%20063.jpg) Newport Beach Environmental Nature Center, Newport Beach, CA. 8-02-08. © Joan Avise |
/Newport%20Beach%20Environmental%20Nature%20Center,%20Newport%20Beach,%20CA.%208-02-08%2006.jpg) Newport Beach Environmental Nature Center, Newport Beach, CA. 8-02-08. © Joan Avise |
/Laguna%20Coast%20Wilderness%20Park,%20Laguna%20Beach,%20CA.%206-13-09%20038.jpg) The alternate evergreen leaves, 1/3 to 1 1/2 in. long, are serrately toothed from the middle to the tip, fairly thin and sparsely downy on the underside. Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Laguna Beach, CA. 6-13-09. © Joan Avise |
/Mountain%20Mahogany.jpg) Just before the sepals open to expose the stamens. San Juan Loop Trail, Cleveland National Forest, Riverside County, CA. 4/14/12. © Joan Avise |
 Elsinore Pk. and Onion Hill, 2-13-14. © Ron Vanderhoff. |
 Elsinore Pk. and Onion Hill, 2-13-14. © Ron Vanderhoff. |
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