KEY TO IMPORTANT WOODY PLANTS 



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shrubs to 6 feet high; mountain streams, e. Oreg., e. 

 Wash.; type locality, w. base, Rocky Mts. 



western black currant (Ribes petiolare). 

 6. Under leaf-surface without yellow resin droplets; leaves 

 kidney-shaped or round in outline, thickish, with pleasant 

 odor when crushed; leaf margins rather bluntly toothed; 

 leafstalks often shorter than leaf blades; flower clusters 

 drooping to ascending, rather broad; currants red or 

 black, not resin-dotted. 



Stink currant 



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