. California range brushlands and browse plants. Browse (Animal food); Brush; Forage plants. jg'BBE Western mountain-mahogany {Cercocarpus betuloides) showing heavy utilization by deer. Note the numerous naked lower stems caused by (lose cropping. Madera County. abundance by timely control burning"". The fire should be restricted to years of heavy seed crop, and the burn- ing delayed until the seeds are nearly ripe but before they are shed. "The ideal fire seems to be one intense enough to kill the mountain-mahogany trees and other shrubs but not so severe as to injure the seeds
. California range brushlands and browse plants. Browse (Animal food); Brush; Forage plants. jg'BBE Western mountain-mahogany {Cercocarpus betuloides) showing heavy utilization by deer. Note the numerous naked lower stems caused by (lose cropping. Madera County. abundance by timely control burning"". The fire should be restricted to years of heavy seed crop, and the burn- ing delayed until the seeds are nearly ripe but before they are shed. "The ideal fire seems to be one intense enough to kill the mountain-mahogany trees and other shrubs but not so severe as to injure the seeds on the (ices Although a few western mountain-mahogany seed- lings become established in good growth years without prescribed burning, the majority die as a result of severe competition with associated vegetation. The abundant tender sprouts that appear after a severe fire are so palat- able to livestock and big game as to be killed unless grazing is carefully controlled. Deer tend to crop the twigs so closely throughout the winter that they indict severe damage. In future browse range rejuvenation in California by planting, it seems probable that western mountain-mahogan) will be included among the few species selected lor this purpose. BfOU Se rating. Excellent for deer; excellent to good for slice]) .iikI goats: good lor cattle; and good to poor for horses. CURLLEAF MOUNTAIN-MAHOGANY (CeiCOCarpUS ledi- folius) (drawing on this page), also called desert moun- tain-mahogany and desert mahogany. Evergreen shrub 6 to 12 feet high, or occasionally a tree up to 30 feet high, with a trunk 1M to 2 feet in diameter, with gray, rough bark, furrowed on old stems, smooth on young branches. Leaves leathery, resinous, elliptic or lanceolate, pointed at both ends, % to 1 inch long about lA inch wide, dark green and smooth above, white hairy beneath, the mar- gin entire and inrolled towards the lower surface. Flowers commonly solitary, or sometimes 2 to 8 in a cluster; April and June. Fruit
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