Ribes glandulosum Grauer
skunk currant
Grossulariaceae (Currant family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
skunk currant
Grossulariaceae (Currant family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Deciduous shrub, loosely branched, 0.5-1 m tall; stems spreading, unarmed; bark brownish.
Leaves:
Alternate, mapleleaf-shaped, heart-shaped at the base, 3-8 cm wide, 5- to 7-lobed slightly over half their length, glabrous; stalks about equal to or slightly longer than the blades.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of 6-15 flowers in an erect raceme more or less equal to the leaves; flower stalks not jointed below the flowers, with stalked glands; petals white to pink, 1-1.5 mm long, egg-shaped; hypanthium saucer-shaped, 0.7-0.9 mm long; calyces white to rose, 2-2.5 mm long, the lobes narrowly oblong, 1-1.5 mm long; styles hairy, about equaling the stamens.
Fruits:
Berries, nearly round, dark red, 6-8 mm long, with stalked glands.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Ribes glandulosum
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
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|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
1047 | 6 | 1890 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
19 | 0 | 115 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
34 | 0 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
4 | 0 | 8 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
593 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
SBS | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BWBS(49), CWH(6), ESSF(161), ICH(65), IDF(5), MH(2), MS(9), SBPS(5), SBS(178), SWB(6) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Habitat and Range
Moist woodlands, forests, rocky slopes, clearings and roadsides in the montane zone; frequent in NE and E BC south to 52degreeN; N to AK, YT and SW NT, E to NF and S to NC and MN.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Ribes prostratum L'Hér.
Ribes resinosum Pursh