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Ribes acerifolium
Ribes acerifolium Howell
Maple-leaf Currant, Maple-leaved Currant, Mapleleaf Currant
Grossulariaceae (Currant family)
Synonym(s): Ribes howellii
USDA Symbol: RIAC
USDA Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)
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Plant Characteristics
Duration: PerennialHabit: Shrub
Fruit Type: Berry
Size Notes: Up to about 3 feet tall.
Fruit: Gray-black.
Bloom Information
Bloom Color: White , Red , Pink , GreenBloom Time: Jun , Jul , Aug
Distribution
USA: ID , OR , WACanada: BC
Native Habitat: Montane to alpine stream banks, meadow thickets, open ridges.
National Wetland Indicator Status
Region: | AGCP | AK | AW | CB | EMP | GP | HI | MW | NCNE | WMVE |
Status: | FACU | FACU |
Web Reference
Webref 3 - Flora of North America (2014) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.Webref 23 - Southwest Environmental Information Network (2009) SEINet - Arizona Chapter
Additional resources
USDA: Find Ribes acerifolium in USDA PlantsFNA: Find Ribes acerifolium in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Ribes acerifolium
Metadata
Record Modified: 2020-11-02Research By: CBR