. Characteristics and hybridization of important intermountain shrubs. Rosacea; Shrubs Rocky Mountains Region; Shrubs Great Basin. Cercocarpus ledifolius X C. montanus hybrid These hybrids are more erect and somewhat taller than the true mountain mahogany growing in the same area. Their stature is more akin to that of curlleaf mountain mahogany (fig. 11 and 13). The leaves of the hybrid are highly variable. In some instances, they resemble curlleaf mountain mahogany and in other true mountain mahogany. While the persistence of leaves on hybrid shrubs is more characteristic of curlleaf mountain
. Characteristics and hybridization of important intermountain shrubs. Rosacea; Shrubs Rocky Mountains Region; Shrubs Great Basin. Cercocarpus ledifolius X C. montanus hybrid These hybrids are more erect and somewhat taller than the true mountain mahogany growing in the same area. Their stature is more akin to that of curlleaf mountain mahogany (fig. 11 and 13). The leaves of the hybrid are highly variable. In some instances, they resemble curlleaf mountain mahogany and in other true mountain mahogany. While the persistence of leaves on hybrid shrubs is more characteristic of curlleaf mountain mahogany than true mountain mahogany, there is considerable variation of leaf persistence between individual native hybrid plants. The hybrid is usually 2 to 4 weeks later in flower development than true mountain mahogany. In this respect it is more like curlleaf mountain mahogany. Hybridization: These plants are products of hybridization. They hybridize with both parental species to form first and later generation backcrosses. Distribution and habitat: These hybrids occur in many places where the two parental species are or have been contiguous. This has been particularly noted in Utah. Like C. montanus, the hybrid apparently has some fire tolerance since it occurs on fire scars where C. ledifolius is no longer present. Use: The C. X C. montanus hybrid is an excellent brow'se. However, be- cause of its large stature, substantial portions of its twdgs and foliage are unavailable to browsing animals. Cercocarpus montanus (True mountain mahiogany) True mountain mahogany is a shrub to 4 m in height or rarely a small tree to 6 m in height (fig. 15). Leaves are deciduous, short-petioled, to 5 cm long and cm wide, and flat, with dentate margins (fig. 8 and 12). The plumose style (fig. 16) on the fruit measures to 10 cm in length. Depending on elevation, the flow-ering period varies from mid-May to late June, and fruit ripens from late July to mid-September. This spec
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