NATIVE WOODY PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES 
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Rlbes indecorum Eastw. 
Range: 5. 
Site : Well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Berry. 
A large, loosely-branched, unarmed shrub. 
Eibes inebrians, see Rides cereum. 
aibes inerme Rydb. Whitestem gooseberry. 
Orossularia inerm'iS (Rydb.) Gov. 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. 
Ribes irriguum Dougl. 
0-rossularia irrigua (Dougl.) Gov. and Britt. 
Range : 6, 7, 12. 
Site: Moist, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Berry. 
A small to large, spiny shrub. 
Ribes lacnstre (Pers.) Poir. Swamp currant. 
R. parvnlum Rydb., Lymnohotrya parvula Rydb., L. lacustris (Pers.) 
Rydb. 
Range : 4, 12, 13, 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. 
Eibes lasiantha, see Rides leptanthus. 
Eibes laxiflorum, see also Ribes odoratum. 
Eibes laxlflorum Pursh. Western black currant. 
R. americanum Pall., not Mill., R. affine Dougl. 
Range: 1, 4, 12, 13. 
Site: Moist, shade. 
Fruit: Berry. 
A small, unarmed shrub; flowers in April; often decumbent and covering 
large areas. 
Eibes lentum, see Rides montigenum. 
Eibes leptanthiim Gray. Alpine gooseberry. 
Orossularia leptantha (Gray) Gov. and Britt. 
Range: 9, 11, 13, 14. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Berry. 
A small to large spiny shrub. 
Var. lasiantha (Greene) .Teps. (R. lasiantha Greene, Grossularia lasianthum 
(Greene) Gov. and Britt.) occurs in region 4 and is smaller than the species. 
Stomach records: Black-tailed deer. 
Eibes lobbii Gray. Gummy gooseberry. 
Grossularia loMii (Gray) Gov. and Britt. 
Range: 1, 2. 
Site : Weil-drained, sun. 
Fruit : Berry. 
A large, spiny shrub ; flowers in June. 
Stomach records: Lewis woodpecker (?) 
Eibes longiflorum, see Rides odoratum. 
Eibes malvaeeum Smith. California black currant. 
R. purpurascens Heller. 
Range: 3, 4, 5. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Berry. 
A large unarmed, many-stemmed shrub ; flowers December-April. 
Odservations: California mule deer. 
