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Ribes laxiflorum

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Trailing Black Currant

G5Secure Found in 57 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.159810
Element CodePDGRO020V0
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderRosales
FamilyGrossulariaceae
GenusRibes
Other Common Names
Gadellier laxiflore (FR) trailing black currant (EN)
Concept Reference
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2016-05-13
Change Date1997-03-18
Ecology & Habitat

Description

Trailing Black Currant is a prostrate to upright shrub usually less than 1 m high, with branches that may be pubescent when young but become smooth and deep reddish-brown. Leaves are mostly 4-8 cm across and usually wider than long, and 5-lobed nearly half the length. Infloresences are loosely 8-18 flowered, erect or ascending, and copiously pubescent with stalked glands throughout. Flowers are shallowly bowl-shaped, with a pubescent calyx that is greenish-white too deep red or purplish, and petals that are red to purplish. The berry is purplish-black and glandular-bristly.

Diagnostic Characteristics

Distinguished from the other species of RIBES that lack spines and bristles by the saucer-shaped base of the flower and glandular fruit.
Other Nations (2)
United StatesN4
ProvinceRankNative
IdahoSNRYes
ColoradoS4Yes
AlaskaSNRYes
OregonS2Yes
UtahS1Yes
MontanaS2Yes
WashingtonSNRYes
CaliforniaS3Yes
CanadaN5
ProvinceRankNative
Yukon TerritorySUYes
AlbertaS2Yes
British ColumbiaS5Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (57)
Alaska (56)
AreaForestAcres
AnanTongass National Forest36,666
Behm IslandsTongass National Forest4,777
Bering LakeChugach National Forest965,076
Boston BarChugach National Forest53,617
ChichagofTongass National Forest555,858
Chilkat-West Lynn CanalTongass National Forest199,772
ClevelandTongass National Forest189,447
Copper River WetlandsChugach National Forest85,972
Douglas IslandTongass National Forest28,065
El CapitanTongass National Forest26,693
Fidalgo-GravinaChugach National Forest257,968
Freshwater BayTongass National Forest44,933
Game CreekTongass National Forest54,469
GravinaTongass National Forest37,381
Green RocksTongass National Forest11,093
HardingTongass National Forest174,349
HyderTongass National Forest121,723
Johnson PassChugach National Forest152,508
Juneau UrbanTongass National Forest101,581
Juneau-Skagway IcefieldTongass National Forest1,187,268
KartaTongass National Forest52,117
KekuTongass National Forest10,869
Kenai LakeChugach National Forest213,172
Kenai MountainsChugach National Forest306,600
KosciuskoTongass National Forest64,134
LindenbergTongass National Forest25,855
MadanTongass National Forest68,553
Mansfield PeninsulaTongass National Forest54,991
ManzanitaTongass National Forest8,401
Middle KruzofTongass National Forest14,724
MontagueChugach National Forest204,875
Nellie JuanChugach National Forest713,697
North BaranofTongass National Forest314,089
North KruzofTongass National Forest33,146
North KupreanofTongass National Forest114,660
North RevillaTongass National Forest215,430
North WrangellTongass National Forest8,091
Outer IslandsTongass National Forest99,862
Port AlexanderTongass National Forest120,681
Prince William Sound Is.Chugach National Forest118,698
QuartzTongass National Forest143,003
RedoubtTongass National Forest68,347
ResurrectionChugach National Forest224,615
RevillaTongass National Forest29,298
RhineTongass National Forest23,010
Roaded DonutChugach National Forest968
Rocky PassTongass National Forest78,163
Sheridan GlacierChugach National Forest224,683
Sitka UrbanTongass National Forest112,003
South RevillaTongass National Forest52,105
SpiresTongass National Forest533,746
Taku-SnettishamTongass National Forest664,928
Tenakee RidgeTongass National Forest20,527
Thorne RiverTongass National Forest72,983
Twenty MileChugach National Forest198,775
Windham-Port HoughtonTongass National Forest161,952
Washington (1)
AreaForestAcres
South QuinaultOlympic National Forest11,081
References (1)
  1. Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.