What is Mountain-mahogany?
{{Taxobox | name = Mountain-mahogany | image = Alderleaf_Mountain_Mahogany.jpg | image_width = 290px | image_caption = Alderleaf Mountain-mahogany | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Rosales]] | familia = [[Rosaceae]] | genus = '''''Cercocarpus''''' | genus_authority = H.B. & K. | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''C. betuloides'' - Birchleaf Mountain-mahogany<br /> ''C. breviflorus'' - Hairy Mountain-mahogany<br /> ''C. intricatus'' - Littleleaf Mountain-mahogany<br /> ''C. ledifolius'' - Curlleaf Mountain-mahogany<br /> ''C. montanus'' - Alderleaf Mountain-mahogany<br /> ''C. traskiae'' - Catalina Island Mountain-mahogany }} '''Mountain-mahogany''' is a [[family (biology)|family]] of 6 types of [[shrub]]. They are found in the [[United States]] and [[Mexico]] in very dry areas. They usually grow three to six [[metre|meters]] tall but can get as tall as 13 meters.{{fact|date=April 2009}} Mountain-mahogany is an extremely important upland forage for New Mexico Mule Deer and to a lesser extent American Elk. {{Commons|Cercocarpus ledifolius}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Rosaceae]] [[Category:Shrubs]]