236 MISC. PUBLICATION 303, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
Ribes marshallii Greene. Kupa gooseberry. 
Grossularia marshallii (Greene) Coy. and Britt. 
Range: 4. 
Site : Well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Berry. 
A small, spiny shrub; flowers in July; low and spreading; forms matlike 
colonies. 
Eibes menziesli Pursh. Menzies gooseberry. 
Grossularia ^nenziesii (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. Odservations: Blue grouse. 
Kibes mescalerium Cov. 
Range: 11, 14. 
Site : Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Berry. 
A small to large, unarmed shrub, with insipid fruit. 
Eibes missouriense Nutt. Missouri gooseberry. 
Qj^ossularia 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. 
Eibes mogollonicum, see Rihes wolfii. 
Eibes molle, see Rihes montigenum. 
Eibes montigenum McClatch. .Mountain gooseberry. 
R. lentmn (Jones) C. and R., R. molle Howell, not Poepp., Lymnohotrya 
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. 
Eibes nevadense Kellogg. Nevada currant. 
R. variegatum Nels., R. ascendens Eastw., R. hittellianum Eastw., R. glau- 
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 ; flovrers May-July. 
Observations: Of outstanding importance as browse for mule deer; mountain 
beaver. Somewhat browsed by sheep in California. 
Eibes niveum 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. 
Eibes odoratum Wendl. Golden currant. 
R. la.riflorum Nutt., R. longiflorum Nutt., Chrysohotrya odorata (Wendl.) 
Rydb. 
Range : 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25. 
Site : Dry, vv^ell-drained, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Berry. 
A small to large, unarmed shrub ; flowers April-May. 
Eibes 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: Bob white. 
