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Grosellero de Misuri (Ribes missouriense)Observ.
ken-potterDescripción
Pinckney Cemetery
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Ribes malvaceumObserv.
aparrot1Descripción
Blood Currant (Ribes sanguineum var. glutinosum) Native, perennial, sparsely hairy-glandular shrub that grows in moist shaded woodlands (unlike Chaparral Currant that grows in drier chaparral and oak woodlands). It also differs in having a style that is not hairy and leaves that are bright to dark green, thinner, less textured, less glandular, and not tomentose underneath. Flowers are small, 1-25, pink, 5-petaled, in pendant clusters. Peak bloom time: Springtime, February-April.
The local references list the ssp. only, and call it Pink Flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum glutinosum)
Monterey County Wildflowers: a Field Guide, Yeager and Mitchell, 2016, p. 80.
Plants of Monterey County: an Illustrated Field Key, 2nd edition, Matthews and Mitchell, 2015, pp. 186-187.
Flora of Fort Ord: Monterey County, California, David Styer, 2019, p, 134.
Jepson eFlora https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=65190
Oregon Flora Ribes sanguineum (photo)
https://oregonflora.org/taxa/index.php?taxon=7892
Oregon Flora (genus Ribes overview)
https://oregonflora.org/taxa/index.php?taxon=1366
Confirmed observation nearby https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105685929
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Chaparral Currant (Ribes malvaceum). Native, perennial, glandular shrub that grows in drier chaparral and oak woodland habitat. Stems are generally erect, glandular, with no nodal spines. Leaves are yellowish-green or dull green, coarsely to finely toothed, 2--5 cm, textured, densely glandular-hairy, and tomentose underneath. Flowers are small, 1-25, pink, 5-petaled, in pendant clusters. Styles are hairy (unlike Ribes sanguineum that does not have hairy styles). Winter bloom time: October-April. Pollinated by mainly bees and hummingbirds. Fruit is dark purple, 6-7 mm, dry and bitter tasting.
Jepson eFlora https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=41418
Plants of Monterey County: an Illustrated Field Key, 2nd edition, Matthews and Mitchell, 2015, pp. 186-187.
Flora of Fort Ord: Monterey County, California, David Styer, 2019, p. 141.
Monterey County Wildflowers: a Field Guide, Yeager and Mitchell, 2016, p. 80.
Oregon Flora (genus Ribes overview)
https://oregonflora.org/taxa/index.php?taxon=1366
Good discussion of Ribes distinguishing characteristics https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105697022
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Ribes sanguineum var. glutinosum
Jepson eFlora https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=65190
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cyberfloraLugar
Mount Baldy, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA; Elev. 10902 ft (Google, OSM)
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Opuntia fragilisObserv.
clabsauceDescripción
There were dozens of these in the surrounding clearing; note what I think to be cactus bug egg sacs nearby as well. I gotta remember to come back here when these are all in flower, should be a stunning shot!
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kfinnDescripción
Captured during mark-recapture research at the Kalahari Research Centre.
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Ribes wolfiiObserv.
clabsauceDescripción
This observation shows two different individuals growing side-by-side, overlooking the Bell Canyon Waterfall. One of these individuals was a very large plant that was a prolific producer of some of the largest fruits that I've ever seen on this species, which was surprising because I would have thought that all the fruits would have fallen off, been eaten, or dried up by this point in the season. It was even in a pretty open area, so you would have expected for birds to have picked them all off, but there were still lots of juicy berries on the plants.
I tried a few of the large ones and they had a very similar taste to that of Ribes viscosissimum's fruits -- somewhat reminiscent of vanilla ice cream and overall pleasant to taste. The palatability does vary with size in this species though, because the small berries are dry, seedy, pretty much tasteless and overall not much worth eating, with only the large fresh berries being worth it, as opposed to R. viscosissimum's similar-tasting but bigger fruits which are always going to be large enough to be worth eating.
It was growing right next to a small stream that fed into the river, so perhaps the extra water is what allowed this one to produce such large fruits. There were lower-growing and smaller individuals growing in the nearby shade, but these two were mostly in sun and were the only ones I saw with fruits.
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Ribes lasianthumObserv.
jaredmanninenDescripción
This ID seems a bit suspect. Half of iNat's recommendation were for Oak Gooseberry, and then there's at least one or two submissions of European Gooseberry. That said, all of the obs for Desert, Oak, and European Gooseberry here on iNat (in the Tahoe region) are unconfirmed. So, whatever insight you can provide would be much appreciated :)
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Askellia pygmaeaObserv.
zachcouryDescripción
Wow neat I didn’t know this was here! New comps yeehaww
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stewartwechslerDescripción
Roughly 7 generations growing in this spot, all self seeded since I brought three seeds here from the foothills of the Olympic Mountains 15 years ago. Thousands of plants here now. The ground is now covered with pappus hairs from this year’s seeds. As all of these plants are self-seeded it fits the iNaturalist definition of "wild", but I also thought people should know this is not part of a population that has persisted here since before European contact.
This species was on a list I found 21 years ago of those native species that hadn’t been recorded in Seattle in decades when I started studying how to identify them all, and just what habitats they naturally grew in, and looking for where I could find wild seed of the species on that list from sites physically and ecologically close to Seattle, to try planting in the most promising spots here.
I started with the goal of helping the recovery of butterfly species that had become rare in, or had disappeared from, Seattle, and knew thistles to be important as both butterfly nectar, and host (caterpillar food) plants, and had learned that all 4 of Seattle's native thistle species were on that list of our lost species. So I am pleased to see a bit of improved butterfly habitat in this spot where this native thistle is thriving again!
I’ve since spent 15 years weeding this site and controlling the Artichoke Plume Moths https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/319034-Platyptilia-carduidactylus, the best I can, as the mother plants sent their offspring to occupy the growing patch of land vacated by my weeding around them. I also have a significant problem with non-viable seed, more later in the season, than with the initial crop, which I believe is due to predation of the receptacles, where the seeds develop, by Rhinocyllus conicus - the Nodding Thistle Receptacle Weevil https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/229899-Rhinocyllus-conicus .
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Hierba Pegajosa de Bigotes Rojos (Polanisia dodecandra)Observ.
baiglDescripción
Spicy, pungent smell. Dry, exposed soil.
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Grosellas Y Capulincillos (Género Ribes)Observ.
kuedaDescripción
Bristly stems, which suggests R. menziesii, but the the unspined, hairy fruit might suggest R. amarum. Found in oak/bay woodland near a creek.
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Grosellas Y Capulincillos (Género Ribes)Observ.
kristenwaringDescripción
No spines; leaf surface pubescent above and below. No berries or flowers present. Which Ribes?
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zachcouryDescripción
fairly abundant here forming large carpets in the granitic soil
