Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
mahogany .
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Ecoregion 13y is generally covered by shrubs (e.g. mountain big sagebrush, low sagebrush, and mountain-mahogany), small aspen groves (on moist sites), scattered stands of high elevation conifers, and Sierra Nevada subalpine and alpine forbs.
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At higher elevations within Ecoregion 13n, curlleaf mountain-mahogany and aspen groves form the transition to the High Elevation Ruby Mountains (13o).
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Areas of black and Wyoming big sagebrush grade upward into mountain big sagebrush and curlleaf mountain-mahogany, which straddles the transition between this mid-elevation brushland and the mountain brush zone of the higher Central Nevada Bald Mountains (13t).
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Scattered groves of curlleaf mountain-mahogany and aspen in moister microsites grow above the shrub layer.
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Vegetation includes pinyon, Utah juniper, Rocky Mountain juniper, curlleaf mountain-mahogany, and cliffrose.
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Dry rocky slopes in this zone often have a growth of shrubs in which mountain-mahogany and several kinds of scrub oak are conspicuous.
Southern Rocky Mountain Steppe - OpenWoodland - Coniferous Forest - Alpine Meadow Province (Bailey) 2009
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