Ribes sanguineum Pursh
winter currant (red currant; redflower currant; red-flowering currant)
Grossulariaceae (Currant family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
winter currant (red currant; redflower currant; red-flowering currant)
Grossulariaceae (Currant family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC
Ribes sanguineum var. sanguineum
Species Information
General:
Deciduous shrub, loosely branched, 1-3 m tall; stems erect, finely hairy, unarmed; bark brownish to reddish-brown.
Leaves:
Alternate, broadly kidney-shaped or rounded, shallowly heart-shaped at the base, 2-7 cm wide, equally to irregularly 5-lobed nearly half their length, the lobes rounded, shallowly 2-3 toothed, glabrous above, finely hairy below; stalks equal to or slightly shorter than the blades, finely hairy and sometimes glandular.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of 5-30 flowers in a spreading raceme equal to or longer than the leaves; flower stalks 1-5 mm long, jointed below the flowers, glandular; petals light to dark rose, rarely white, egg-shaped, 2.5-3.5 mm long; hypanthium nearly tubular to slightly bell-shaped, 3-5 mm long; calyces pale to deep rose, finely hairy and stalked-glandular; styles fused and glabrous, about equaling the stamens.
Fruits:
Berries, round, blue-black, glaucous, 6-9 mm long, usually stalked-glandular.
USDA Species Characteristics
Flower Colour:
Red
Blooming Period:
Late Spring
Fruit/Seed characteristics:
Colour: Purple
Present over the Summer
Source: The USDA
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Ribes sanguineum
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) |
343 | 15 | 855 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
21 | 0 | 100 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
228 | 22 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
3 | 0 | 6 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
B | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
111 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
CWH | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
CDF(11), CWH(72), IDF(4) | ||
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Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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