Native to Arizona, California, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Oregon (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
United States, California, Riverside (Palm Desert)
33.664333, -116.399056
Location Remarks
Palms to Pines Highway (Highway 74), ca. 3 miles S of junction with Highway 111.
Collectors
Location
United States, Arizona, Yavapai (Mayer)
34.251389, -112.297722
Location Remarks
15 miles west of Cleator on Crown King Road, off Highway 17, north of Phoenix. 1392 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Pat Crowley
Notes
Dry canyon slopes. Shrub 3 m.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Cercocarpus
Specific Epithet
betuloides
Authorship
Nutt.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 7.2
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.6
Global rank
#81,019 of 335,497
Top 25%
Extinction probability
10%