NATIVE WOODY PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES 2935 
Ribes indecorum Hastw. 
Range: 5. 
Site: Well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Berry. 
A large, loosely-branched, unarmed shrub. 
Ribes inebrians, see Rides cerewm. 
Ribes inerme Rydb. Whitestem gooseberry. 
Grossularia inermis (Rydb.) Cov. and Britt. 
Range: 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Berry, available August-September. 
A small to large shrub; flowers in May; spiny or unarmed. Forage value for 
sheep, fair. 
Rites irriguum Dougl. 
Grossularia irrigua (Dougl.) Cov. and Britt. 
Range: 6, 7, 12. 
Site: Moist, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Berry. 
A small to large, spiny shrub. 
Ribes lacustre (Pers.) Poir. Swamp currant. 
R. parvulum Rydb., Lymnobotrya parvula Rydb., L. lacustris (Pers.) 
Rydb. 
Range: 4, 12, 18, 14, 23, 24, 26, 27. 
Site: Moist, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Berry, available in August. 
A small, spiny shrub; flowers May—June; stems prostrate or ascending. 
Ribes lasiantha, see Ribes leptanthus. 
Ribes laxiflorum, see also Ribes odoratum. 
Ribes laxifiorum Pursh. Western black currant. 
R. americanum Pall., not Mill., R. affine Dougl. 
Range: 1, 4, 12, 138. 
Site: Moist, shade. 
Fruit: Berry. 
A small, unarmed shrub; flowers in April; often decumbent and covering 
large areas. 
Ribes lentum, see Ribes montigenum. 
Ribes leptanthum Gray. Alpine gooseberry. 
Grossularia leptantha (Gray) Cov. and Britt. 
Range: 9, 11, 13, 14. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Berry. 
A small to large spiny shrub. 
Var. lasiantha (Greene) Jeps. (R&R. lasiantha Greene, Grossularia lasianthum 
(Greene) Cov. and Britt.) occurs in region 4 and is smaller than the species. 
Stomach records: Black-tailed deer. 
Ribes lobbii Gray. Gummy gooseberry. 
Grossularia lobbii (Gray) Cov. and Britt. 
Range: 1, 2. 
Site: Well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Berry. 
A large, spiny shrub; flowers in June. 
Stomach recorés: Lewis woodpecker (?} 
Rites longiflorum, see Ribes odoratum. 
Ribes malvaceum Smith. California black currant. 
R. purpurascens Heller. 
Range: 8, 4, 5. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Berry. 
A large unarmed, many-stemmed shrub; flowers December—April. 
Observations; California mule deer. 
