Cercocarpus betuloides, commonly known as birch-leaf mountain mahogany or western mountain mahogany, is a species of flowering shrub or small tree in the rose family (Rosaceae). It is native to California and Baja California. It is one of at least nine species in the broader mountain mahogany genus, Cercocarpus, characterized by their extremely hard reddish-brown wood and distinctive feathery seeds, although the genus is not a true mahogany.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Birchleaf Mountain Mahogany being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Rosales
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Cercocarpus
- Species
- Cercocarpus betuloides
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