Field Guide to Forest Plants of Northern Idaho

United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station Ft. Collins, CO General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-118-CD February 2004 Authors Acknowledgments Introduction Species description   format Trees Shrubs Ferns & Friends Forbs Graminoids Descriptive drawings Collecting and    pressing methods Glossary References

Ribes Conspectus Species Arming Bark Leaves Flowers Fruit Ribes cereum wax currant Rice unarmed smooth; greyish-brown or reddish-brown shallow; 3-5 lobed; waxy upper surface; both sides glandular 2-8 tubular flowers; greenish to pinkish; singular in headlike clusters smooth; red-orange berry; 6-8mm Ribes hudsonianum stinking currant Rihu unarmed smooth; yellow glandular maplelike; 3-5 lobed; glandular to hairy saucer-shaped; white; many-flowered raceme smooth; black; 8-16 berries in clusters Ribes lacustre prickly currant Rila armed; prickles and spines smooth; reddish brown maplelike; 3-5 lobed; serrate; glossy upper surface, velvety undersurface saucer-shaped; yellow to reddish; 7-15 flowers in a raceme edible; stalked glandular; deep purple berry Ribes viscosissimum sticky currant Rivi unarmed shreddy; dark reddish-brown maplelike; 3-5 lobed; hairy both surfaces; coarsely toothed bell-shaped; greenish-white; 3-8 flowers in a raceme bad tasting; stiff hairy; few bluish-black berries