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§1 Plant
Ribes viscosissimum Pursh
vernacular sticky currant — species · Grossulariaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Grossulariaceae DC.
- Genus
- Ribes
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 141 counties across 10 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- High
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -37 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 88 min.
- Precipitation
- 14–86 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.8–8.4
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 3.5 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 4 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Black
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 298,000
- Propagation
- cuttings
§3e
Use & availability
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 141 counties across 10 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 1 N ▾
California view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Alpine 06003
- Amador 06005
- Butte 06007
- Del Norte 06015
- El Dorado 06017
- Fresno 06019
- Glenn 06021
- Humboldt 06023
- Kern 06029
- Lake 06033
- Lassen 06035
- Madera 06039
- Mariposa 06043
- Mendocino 06045
- Modoc 06049
- Nevada 06057
- Placer 06061
- Plumas 06063
- Shasta 06089
- Sierra 06091
- Siskiyou 06093
- Tehama 06103
- Trinity 06105
- Tulare 06107
- Tuolumne 06109
Colorado view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Ada 16001
- Adams 16003
- Bannock 16005
- Benewah 16009
- Blaine 16013
- Boise 16015
- Bonner 16017
- Bonneville 16019
- Boundary 16021
- Caribou 16029
- Cassia 16031
- Clearwater 16035
- Custer 16037
- Fremont 16043
- Idaho 16049
- Kootenai 16055
- Latah 16057
- Lemhi 16059
- Lewis 16061
- Lincoln 16063
- Madison 16065
- Nez Perce 16069
- Owyhee 16073
- Power 16077
- Shoshone 16079
- Teton 16081
- Twin Falls 16083
- Valley 16085
Montana view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Baker 41001
- Clackamas 41005
- Columbia 41009
- Curry 41015
- Deschutes 41017
- Douglas 41019
- Grant 41023
- Harney 41025
- Hood River 41027
- Jackson 41029
- Jefferson 41031
- Josephine 41033
- Klamath 41035
- Lake 41037
- Lane 41039
- Linn 41043
- Malheur 41045
- Marion 41047
- Umatilla 41059
- Union 41061
- Wallowa 41063
- Wasco 41065
- Wheeler 41069
Utah view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 17 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RIVI3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2986172 ↗Record version
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