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Kibes marshallii Greene. Hupa gooseberry. 



Grossularia marshallii (Greene) Cov. and Britt. 

 Range: 4. 



Site: Well-drained, sun. 

 Fruit: Berry. 



A small, spiny shrub ; flowers in July ; low and spreading ; forms matlike 

 colonies. 



Kibes menziesii Pursh. Menzies gooseberry. 



Grossularia, menziesii (Pursh) Cov. and Britt. 

 Range: 1. 



Site: Well-drained, sun, shade. 

 Fruit: Berry. 



A large, spiny, loosely branched shrub; flowers February- April. 

 Stomach records: Sooty grouse. Observations: Blue grouse. 



Kibes mescalerium Cov. 

 Range: 11, 14. 

 Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 

 Fruit: Berry. 



A small to large, unarmed shrub, with insipid fruit. 



Kibes missouriense Nutt. Missouri gooseberry. 



Grossularia missouriensis (Nutt.) Cov. and Britt. 

 Range : 21, 22, 23, 25. 

 Site : Dry, well-drained, moist, sun, shade. 

 Fruit : Berry, available July-September. 

 A small to large, spiny shrub ; flowers in May ; berries very large. 



Kibes mogollonicum, see Ribes wolfii. 

 Kibes molle, see Ribes montigenum. 



Kibes montigenum McClatch. Mountain gooseberry. 



R. tientum (Jones) C. and R., R. molle Howell, not Poepp., Lymnobotrya 

 montigena (McClatch.) Rydb. 

 Range : 4, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. 

 Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 

 Fruit: Berry. 



A small, spiny shrub; flowers in July; straggling and much-branched. Of 

 more than average palatability to livestock. 



Kibes nevadense Kellogg. Nevada currant. 



R. variegatum Nels., R. ascendens Eastw., R. hittellianum Eastw., R. glait- 

 cescens Eastw., R. grantii Heller. 

 Range: 4, 10, 12, 13. 

 Site : Well-drained, moist, sun, shade. 

 Fruit: Berry. 



A small to large, diffusely branched, unarmed shrub ; flowers May-July. 

 Observations: Of outstanding importance as browse for mule deer; mountain 

 beaver. Somewhat browsed by sheep in California. 



Ribes nireum Lindl. Snow gooseberry. 



Grossularia nivea (Lindl.) Cov. and Britt. 

 Range : 7, 8, 9, 12, 13. 

 Site: Dry, sun. 

 Fruit: Berry. 



A small to large, spiny shrub. 



Kibes odoratum Wendl. Golden currant. 



R. laxiflorum Nutt., R. longifiorum Nutt., Chrysobotrya odorata (Wendl.) 

 Rydb. 



Range : 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25. 

 Site: Dry, well-drained, sun, shade. 

 Fruit: Berry. 

 A small to large, unarmed shrub ; flowers April-May. 



Kibes oxyacanthoides L. Northern gooseberry. 



Grossularia oxyacanthoides (L.) Mill. 



Range : 4, 12, 15, 18, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27. 

 > Site : Moist, sun. 



"Fruit: Berry, available in August. 

 A small, spiny shrub. 

 Stomach records: Bobwhite. 



