
Dryadoideae
The Dryadoideae subfamily of the Rosaceae consists of four genera, all of which share root nodules that host the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Frankia. They are subshrubs, shrubs, or small trees with a base chromosome number of 9, whose fruits are either an achene or an aggregate of achenes.
4 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

mountain mahoganies
genusCercocarpus

Mountain-Avens
genusDryas

Cliffroses and Bitterbrushes
genusPurshia

Mountain Miseries
genusChamaebatia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 901675.