Cercocarpus montanus

Cercocarpus montanus
	feather-like achenes are the fruit
Conservation status
	; Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Cercocarpus
Species:	C. montanus
Binomial name
	Cercocarpus montanus; Raf.
Varieties
	C. m. var. montanus (autonym); C. m. var. argenteus (Rydb.) F.L.Martin;
Synonyms
	Cercocarpus argenteus Rydb.; Cercocarpus flabellifolius Rydb.; Cercocarpus minutiflorus Abrams; Cercocarpus parvifolius var. paucidentatus S. Watson; Cercocarpus paucidentatus (S. Watson) Britton;

Cercocarpus montanus is a North American species of shrub or small tree in the family Rosaceae native to northern Mexico and the western United States. It is known by the common names alder-leaf mountain-mahogany, alder-leaf cercocarpus, and true mountain-mahogany. The variety argenteus is commonly known as silverleaf mountain-mahogany.

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