Bailey & Bailey: Woody Plants of National Parks 



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SEN, 6,000 to 8,500 feet: near Lassen Buftes; Prospect Peak; Cinder Cone. YOSEMITE, 

 common, 5,500 to 11,000 feet: White Mountain; west slope of Mount GiLbs ; Mono 

 Pass; Mount Dana; slope above Fletcher Lake; Tuolumne Meadows; along Tioga 



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■4 mile northeast of Alder Creek ranger station. KINGS 



CANYON, common in higher mountains: General Grant grove; Harrison Pass trail. 

 SEQUOIA, 5,500 to 12.000 feet: outlet of Lion Lake; west of Little Baldy; lower Bear- 

 paw Meadow; Redwood Meadows; Whitney Meadows; Mount Whitney (along west 

 trail); Kern Canyon, I mile north of Rocky Creek; Big Arroyo; Farewell Gap; Kear- 

 saige Pass; along General's Highway towards northwest corner of park. YELLOWSTONE, 

 occasional: Gardiner; Mammoth Hot Springs; Upper Geyser Basin. ROCKY MOUNTAIN, 

 common, 7,500 feet to timberline: Estes Park. BRYCE CANYON, common, 6,000 to 9,100 

 feel: Bryce Point; Farview Point; Inspiration Point; Rainbow Mountain. ZION. 

 GRAND CANYON, 5,600 to 7,000 feet. North Rim, common: head of North Canyon; Neal 

 Spring; Cape Royal. South Rim, common: El Tovar; Yavapai Point; east of Grand 

 V'iew; Pasture Wash; along Rim Drives. Canyon, common: upper Bass Canyon; 

 Kaibab trail on switchbacks below Tip off; Bright Angel trail; Hermit trail. 



10. Sticky Currant (Ribes viscosissimum Pursh), fig. 35. — Spreading, 

 somewhat stifHy-branched shrub, 1 to 3 feet high, with shreddy bark and 

 fragrant sticky foHage; leaves 

 roundish, heart-shaped, 1 to 

 2^2 inches wide, usually with 

 3 broad rounded lobes, the 

 margins toothed; flower-tubes 

 broad, greenish or pinkish-lav- 

 ender, with 5 lobes half as 

 long as the tube, borne in sev- 

 eral-flowered clusters 1 to 3 

 inches long; berries oval, usu- 

 ally ribbed lengthwise, black, 

 smooth or sticky-hairy, about 

 1/3 to 1/4 ii^ich in diameter; 

 usually found scattered in open 

 pine, fir, and spruce woods, but 

 sometimes associated with 

 brush species in dry rocky 

 places. The foliage is of some 

 importance as a browse for elk 

 and deer, especially during the 

 Fall and Winter. The dry, 

 seedy berries have little pulp 

 but are eaten to some extent by wildlife. 



A variety with smooth berries has been designated variety Halli Jancz. 



Occurrence . — MOUNT RAINIER, are in northeast part of park up to 5,000 feet: below 

 White River ranger station; near Yakima Park highway on slope of Sunrise Ridge; 

 Lodi Creek. CRATER LAKE, common, 4,000 to 7,000 feet: Annie Creek; rim road to 

 Lost Creek. LASSEN. YOSEMITE, occasional, 5,000 to 9,500 feet: Yosemite Creek trail 

 near Yosemite Falls; Pohono trail; Little \'osemite; McClure Fork, Merced River; 

 Porcupine Flat; Eagle Peak Meadows; Matterhorn Canyon; Starr King Meadow. 

 KINGS CANYON: General Grant Grove. SEQUOIA, common, 6,000 to 9,500 feet: near 

 Redwood Meadows; Hockett Meadows; Kaweah Meadows; near Mineral King. GLA- 

 CIER, common, 3,100 to 5,500 feet: Lake McDonald; trail to Mount Brown lookout; 



Fig. 35. Sticky currant {R.ihes 

 viscosissimum) . 



